DT6 6YR

Marshwood Vale · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Marshwood Vale
Local authority: Dorset
Constituency: West Dorset
Postcode district: DT6
Postcode sector: DT6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DT6 6EW	381 m
DT6 6EF	683 m
DT6 6EA	733 m
DT6 6DY	749 m
DT6 6EB	815 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DT6 6YR
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 June 1997
Terminated: 1 December 1997
Postcode area: DT
Postcode district: DT6
Postcode sector: DT6 6
Latitude: 50.740918
Longitude: -2.860155
British National Grid easting: 339,403
British National Grid northing: 93,833

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward: Marshwood Vale · E05015782
Parish or community: E04013387
Westminster constituency: West Dorset · E14001575
Output area: E00104142
Lower layer super output area: Dorset 023D · E01020535
Middle layer super output area: Dorset 023 · E02004273

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore DT6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Charmouth Primary School

Academy sponsor led
3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 34
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 12
Anti social behaviour 5
Vehicle crime 4
Criminal damage and arson 4
Burglary 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
DT6 6 residents: 3,510

Age bands in DT6 6

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 9.9%
Age 15 to 24: 7.5%
Age 25 to 44: 12.7%
Age 45 to 64: 29.1%
Age 65 and over: 40.9%

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Nearby transport

Ship Knapp

BCT · Morcombelake
0.4 miles
Ship Knapp

BCT · Morcombelake
0.5 miles
The Post Office

BCT · Morcombelake
0.7 miles
The Bakery

BCT · Morcombelake
0.7 miles
Cross Cottage

BCT · Whitchurch Canonicorum
0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 023D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,977 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 6 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Charmouth Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.