DT8 3NY

Eggardon · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Eggardon
Local authority: Dorset
Constituency: West Dorset
Postcode district: DT8
Postcode sector: DT8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DT8 3NX	87 m
DT8 3NZ	294 m
DT8 3PA	493 m
DT8 3PF	573 m
DT8 3PD	625 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DT8 3NY
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1994
Postcode area: DT
Postcode district: DT8
Postcode sector: DT8 3
Latitude: 50.801241
Longitude: -2.666892
British National Grid easting: 353,100
British National Grid northing: 100,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward: Eggardon · E05015781
Parish or community: E04003549
Westminster constituency: West Dorset · E14001575
Output area: E00104133
Lower layer super output area: Dorset 019F · E01020534
Middle layer super output area: Dorset 019 · E02004271

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 DT8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school
4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 2
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Other theft 1
Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
DT8 3 residents: 6,065

Age bands in DT8 3

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12%
Age 15 to 24: 8.1%
Age 25 to 44: 15.5%
Age 45 to 64: 28.7%
Age 65 and over: 35.7%

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

Post Office Cottages

BCT · Hooke
0.3 miles
Post Office Cottages

BCT · Hooke
0.3 miles
Kingcombe Lane

BCT · Higher Kingcombe
1.0 miles
Kingcombe Lane

BCT · Higher Kingcombe
1.0 miles
Mapperton House

BCT · Langdon
1.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 019F, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,218 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 7 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 8 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. Powerstock Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 1 events.

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