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DT9 5PP

Yetminster · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sherborne
Ward
Yetminster
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT9 5NY 109 m
DT9 5PW 113 m
DT9 5NX 171 m
DT9 5NZ 177 m
DT9 5LU 183 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT9 5PP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 5
Latitude
50.917879
Longitude
-2.501149
British National Grid easting
364,868
British National Grid northing
113,278

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Yetminster · E05012733
Parish or community
E04003559
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00103986
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 008B · E01020508
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 008 · E02004270

Postcode source versions

Explore DT9

Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Orchard Close, Longburton, Sherborne, DT9 5PP 18 August 2025 £675,000
3, Orchard Close, Longburton, Sherborne, DT9 5PP 7 June 2024 £620,000
5, Orchard Close, Longburton, Sherborne, DT9 5PP 15 February 2021 £530,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Leweston School

    Other independent school

    1.6 km

  2. Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.2 km

  3. Sherborne School

    Other independent school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

8 female, 4 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.0
DT9 5 residents
5,380

Age bands in DT9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

797 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

488 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

1,015 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,509 residents

Age 65 and over
28.4%

1,514 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT9 5 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG

    ODS code J81029

    3.4 km

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOTTON GROVE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4DL

    ODS code J81078

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Kings Close

    BCT · Longburton

    0.1 miles

  • Kings Close

    BCT · Longburton

    0.1 miles

  • Rose and Crown

    BCT · Longburton

    0.3 miles

  • Rose and Crown

    BCT · Longburton

    0.3 miles

  • Bradford Lane

    BCT · Longburton

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 008B, 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

16,654 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £647,500 from 2 recorded sales in DT9 5PP. 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.

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Leweston School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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