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Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown

Middle area

Central Dorset. 12,684 people in 273 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£385,000
2,087th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
12,206
228th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
70.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & PuddletownMiddle
Median sale price48 middle areas, Dorset · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Dorset48 areas from £212,750 to £673,600. The middle area is £361,250. Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown is £385,000.
£385,000joint 16th highest
Population48 middle areas, Dorset · 2021
Population: every middle area in Dorset48 areas from 5,032 to 12,206. The middle area is 7,794. Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown is 12,206.
12,206highest
Gigabit broadband coverage48 middle areas, Dorset · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Dorset48 areas from 34.3% to 97.4%. The middle area is 83.8%. Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown is 70.5%.
70.5%16th lowest
Claimant rate48 middle areas, Dorset · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Dorset48 areas from 1.2% to 5.0%. The middle area is 2.1%. Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown is 1.5%.
1.5%joint 3rd lowest

Figures for the whole of Dorset

These figures are published for the whole of Dorset, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Dorset and not Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown alone. See Dorset

Average house price
£325,154
Down 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,462
140th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.7×
98th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.3
116th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown in brief

The median price paid for a home in Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown was £385,000 in 2025.

Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown had 12,206 usual residents at the census.

In Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown, 70.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.