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SP8 5SE

Gillingham · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Gillingham
Ward
Gillingham
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
SP8
Postcode sector
SP8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP8 5SL 683 m
SP8 5EP 742 m
SP8 5EF 823 m
SP8 5ER 861 m
SP8 5RR 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP8 5SE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP8
Postcode sector
SP8 5
Latitude
50.999266
Longitude
-2.324046
British National Grid easting
377,357
British National Grid northing
122,259

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Gillingham · E05012702
Parish or community
E04010504
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103730
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 002C · E01020462
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 002 · E02004256

Postcode source versions

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Property

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44 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Stour Hill House, Apartment 5, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5SE 21 August 2024 £185,000
6, Stour Hill Park, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5SE 30 January 2023 £227,500
1, Stour Hill Park, West Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5SE 30 September 2021 £236,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0

  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

  2. Stower Provost Community School

    Community school

    3.3 km

  3. St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull

    Academy sponsor led

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
25
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Public order 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

17 female, 15 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
1.7
SP8 5 residents
3,606

Age bands in SP8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

510 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

291 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.6%

601 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.7%

1,223 residents

Age 65 and over
31.9%

1,231 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP8 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+
88.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
88.5%
Gigabit-capable
88.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
7.7%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Fifehead Cross Roads

    BCT · Fifehead Magdalen

    0.1 miles

  • Fifehead Cross Roads

    BCT · West Stour

    0.2 miles

  • The Ship Inn

    BCT · West Stour

    0.7 miles

  • The Ship Inn

    BCT · West Stour

    0.7 miles

  • Pill Meadow

    BCT · Kington Magna

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 002C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,884 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 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 £227,500 from 3 recorded sales in SP8 5SE. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

25 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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