Property market
The five-year median is £331,600 from 1,975 recorded sales in DT9. 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.
DT9
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,138
- Current units
- 913
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 225
Postcode sectors in DT9
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
12,572 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 20, Northfield, Yetminster, Sherborne, DT9 6EZ | 24 July 2026 | £360,000 |
| 4, Mill Lane, Yetminster, Sherborne, DT9 6ND | 24 July 2026 | £325,500 |
| 15, Wynnes Close, Sherborne, DT9 6DL | 20 July 2026 | £390,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,085
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 388
- Anti social behaviour 210
- Shoplifting 132
- Other theft 96
- Burglary 69
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DT9 usual residents
- 22,329
- Age-profile population
- 22,347
Age bands in DT9
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.2%
- 3,176 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- 2,364 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.8%
- 3,752 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.8%
- 5,981 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 31.7%
- 7,074 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 884 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, 810 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 506 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit 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
4
in this district
MILBORNE PORT SURGERY
GAINSBOROUGH, MILBOURNE PORT, SHERBORNE, DT9 5FH
ODS code L85031
THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE
EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG
ODS code J81029
THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOOTTON GROVE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4DL
ODS code J81078
YETMINSTER HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH STREET, YETMINSTER, SHERBORNE, DT9 6LG
ODS code J81017
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,085 published events cover 12 months, averaging 90 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 388 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.