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DT9 6YA

Sherborne Rural · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Sherborne Rural
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT9 6RB 47 m
DT9 6QB 77 m
DT9 6PZ 128 m
DT9 6QZ 134 m
DT9 6PU 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT9 6YA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
1 September 2000
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 6
Latitude
50.918248
Longitude
-2.560319
British National Grid easting
360,709
British National Grid northing
113,349

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Sherborne Rural · E05012716
Parish or community
E04003605
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00103914
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 008A · E01020497
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 008 · E02004270

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
0

  1. Thornford CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    304 m

  2. St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

  3. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
26
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 5
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DT9 6 residents
6,870

Age bands in DT9 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.1%
907 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.2%
639 residents
Age 25 to 44
15.3%
1,055 residents
Age 45 to 64
29.4%
2,031 residents
Age 65 and over
33%
2,282 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • YETMINSTER HEALTH CENTRE

    CHURCH STREET, YETMINSTER, SHERBORNE, DT9 6LG

    ODS code J81017

    3.0 km

  • THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG

    ODS code J81029

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Thornford Bridge Halt

    BCT · Thornford

    1.6 km

  • Thornford Bridge Halt

    BCT · Thornford

    1.6 km

  • Thornford Rail Station

    RLY · Thornford

    1.6 km

  • Thornford Rail Station

    RSE · Thornford

    1.6 km

  • Beer Hackett Turn

    BCT · Beer Hackett

    1.7 km

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 008A, 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

21,831 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Thornford CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 304 m.

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

Recorded crime

26 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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