Map of DT2 8ZQ postcode

General information
Postcode DT2 8ZQ
Post Town Dorchester
Nearest station Wool (2 km)
Bus stops
No nearby bus stops
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 50.681527
Longitude -2.256516
Easting 381973
Northing 86906
Grid reference SY819869
UTM reference 30U 552526 5614674
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Plus code 9C2VMPJV+J9
Altitude 23 metres (77 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:27
Sunset (today) 19:52
Distance away
Distance to sea 6.6 KMs (4.1 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWoolE04003490
Ward West Purbeck E05012728
Unitary Authority Dorset E06000059
County Dorset E10000009
Constituency (2024) South Dorset E14001485
MPLloyd HattonLabour
Police forceDorset
NUTS/ITL 3 Dorset
NUTS/ITL 2 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
NUTS/ITL 1 South West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced July 2025
Last updated September 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
23,121 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£50,400
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Built up area (2024)WoolE63013889
Census output area (2021)E00103886
Census output area (2011)5B3
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 £320,448
Annual change -0.9%
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