Map of DT2 8QQ postcode

General information
Postcode DT2 8QQ
Post Town Dorchester
Nearest station Wool (2 km)
Bus stops
No nearby bus stops
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 50.681133
Longitude -2.255905
Easting 382016
Northing 86862
Grid reference SY820868
UTM reference 30U 552569 5614630
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Plus code 9C2VMPJV+FJ
Altitude 100 metres (327 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:55
Sunset (today) 18:34
Distance away
Distance to sea 6.5 KMs (4 miles)
Administrative areas
Parish Wool E04003490
Ward West Purbeck E05012728
Unitary Authority Dorset E06000059
County Dorset E10000009
Constituency (2024) South Dorset E14001485
MP Lloyd Hatton Labour
Police force Dorset
NUTS/ITL 3 Dorset
NUTS/ITL 2 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
NUTS/ITL 1 South West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced February 2025
Last updated March 2026
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
23,121 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£50,400
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Built up area (2024)WoolE63013889
Census output area (2021)E00103886
Census output area (2011)E00103886
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 035CE01020491
Lower layer super output area (2011)Purbeck 004CE01020491
Middle layer super output area (2021)Bovington, Wool & LulworthE02004266
Middle layer super output area (2011)Bovington, Wool & LulworthE02004266
Travel to work areaDorchester and WeymouthE30000046
Property sales
Average property price in Dorchester £317,142
Annual change -1.7%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
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