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DT9 3EB

Sherborne East · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Sherborne East
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT9 3DZ 28 m
DT9 3TB 48 m
DT9 3DU 54 m
DT9 3DX 65 m
DT9 3DT 67 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT9 3EB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 3
Latitude
50.950048
Longitude
-2.508869
British National Grid easting
364,350
British National Grid northing
116,859

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Sherborne East · E05012715
Parish or community
E04003593
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00104200
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 004A · E01020542
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 004 · E02004269

Postcode source versions

Explore DT9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
3
Secondary
1

  1. Harbour Vale School

    Academy alternative provision sponsor led

    604 m

  2. Sherborne Primary School

    Academy converter

    647 m

  3. Sherborne School

    Other independent school

    693 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
494
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 173
  • Anti social behaviour 135
  • Shoplifting 42
  • Criminal damage and arson 35
  • Other theft 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

9 female, 4 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.1
DT9 3 residents
3,903

Age bands in DT9 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.2%

440 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.2%

475 residents

Age 25 to 44
11.8%

425 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.4%

771 residents

Age 65 and over
41.5%

1,499 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT9 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG

    ODS code J81029

    207 m

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOTTON GROVE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4DL

    ODS code J81078

    494 m

  • MILBORNE PORT SURGERY

    GAINSBOROUGH, MILBOURNE PORT, SHERBORNE, DT9 5FH

    ODS code L85031

    3.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Castleton Road

    BCT · Oborne

    0.1 miles

  • Castleton Road

    BCT · Oborne

    0.1 miles

  • Wootton Grove

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.3 miles

  • Wootton Grove

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.3 miles

  • Lambs Field

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 004A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,537 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Harbour Vale School is the nearest published school at 604 m.

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

Recorded crime

494 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 173 events.

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