SP6 3QX

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 3QP 47 m
SP6 3QT 79 m
SP6 3QY 456 m
SP6 3FA 875 m
SP6 3PZ 883 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP6 3QX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3
Latitude
50.972598
Longitude
-1.807085
British National Grid easting
413,641
British National Grid northing
119,261

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004588
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00116930
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 001A · E01023011
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 001 · E02004779

Postcode source versions

Explore SP6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
2
  1. Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.4 km
  2. Breamore Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.6 km
  3. The Trafalgar School at Downton

    Academy converter

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP6 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • DOWNTON SURGERY

    MOOT LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3JP

    ODS code J83043

    5.0 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

  • The Cartwheel Inn

    BCT · Whitsbury

    0.5 miles
  • The Cartwheel Inn

    BCT · Whitsbury

    0.6 miles
  • Rookery Lane

    BCT · Upper Street

    1.0 miles
  • Rookery Lane

    BCT · Upper Street

    1.0 miles
  • The Lodge

    BCT · Whitsbury

    1.2 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.

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
Possible

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

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 3 events.

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