Map of DG9 8QJ postcode

General information

Postcode	DG9 8QJ
Post Town	Stranraer
Nearest station	Stranraer (2 km)
Bus stops	Sandmill (SW) School Road (NW)
Roads in this postcode	A717 A77
Number of UPRNs	14 View
Businesses	WHEELIESHINE LTD

Geography

	Latitude	54.912394
	Longitude	-4.996256
	Easting	208039
	Northing	561632
	Grid reference	NX080616
	UTM reference	30U 372033 6086867
	what3words	jetted.fictional.spearhead
	FixPhrase	crunchy ludicrous secluding undercoat
	Plus code	9C6QW263+XF
	Altitude	2 metres (7 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:32
	Sunset (today)	15:54
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.3 KMs (0.2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Stranraer and the Rhins	S13002880
Council Area	Dumfries and Galloway	S12000006
Constituency (2024)	Dumfries and Galloway	S14000073
MP	John Cooper	Conservative
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Dumfries and Galloway
NUTS/ITL 2	Southern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	November 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	19
Households (2011)	8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	1,973 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Small Towns
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00147018
Census output area (2011)	1A3
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Rhins South - 02	S01015173
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Rhins North - 05	S01007498
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Rhins South	S02002811
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Rhins North	S02001408
Travel to work area	Stranraer	S22000079

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