SP6 3JX

Downlands & Forest North · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP6 3JT 127 m
SP6 3LS 1.3 km
SP6 3LT 1.5 km
SP6 3LR 1.7 km
SP5 5LX 1.7 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP6 3JX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 October 1984
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3
Latitude
50.987474
Longitude
-1.930132
British National Grid easting
405,000
British National Grid northing
120,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004577
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00116927
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 001A · E01023011
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 001 · E02004779

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Broad Chalke CofE Primary School

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    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SP6 3 residents
4,704

Age bands in SP6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

675 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

419 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.3%

857 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

1,530 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

1,210 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.

Nearby transport

  • Martin Drove End

    BCT · Martin Drove End

    0.1 miles
  • Martin Drove End

    BCT · Martin Drove End

    0.1 miles
  • Martin Down Nature Reserve

    BCT · Martin

    1.0 miles
  • Martin Down Nature Reserve

    BCT · Martin

    1.0 miles
  • Townsend Lane

    BCT · Martin

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 001A, 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

16,380 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 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. Broad Chalke CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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