Property market
The five-year median is £350,000 from 570 recorded sales in DT8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.
DT8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 274
- Current units
- 234
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 40
Postcode sectors in DT8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
3,930 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Manor Gardens, Beaminster, DT8 3EE | 13 July 2026 | £425,000 |
| Rainbows End, 31, Fairfield, Beaminster, DT8 3BS | 3 July 2026 | £288,000 |
| Oaklands, Seaborough, Beaminster, DT8 3QY | 1 July 2026 | £170,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 3
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 179
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 76
- Anti social behaviour 41
- Public order 19
- Vehicle crime 11
- Criminal damage and arson 10
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DT8 usual residents
- 6,065
- Age-profile population
- 6,170
Age bands in DT8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 12%
- 743 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.1%
- 497 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 15.5%
- 954 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.7%
- 1,772 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 35.7%
- 2,204 residents
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 233 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 200 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 123 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 5 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
BARTON HOUSE MED PRACTICE
BARTON HOUSE, BEAMINSTER, DT8 3EQ
ODS code J81074
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
179 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 76 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.