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Stalbridge & Marnhull

Ward

North Dorset. About 5,581 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 47 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 74% of people in Stalbridge & Marnhull live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,152
Joint 2,869th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
74%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Stalbridge & Marnhull compares

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

Stalbridge & MarnhullMiddle
Population52 wards, Dorset · 2021
Population: every ward in Dorset52 areas from 3,665 to 15,526. The middle area is 5,395. Stalbridge & Marnhull is 5,152.
5,15222nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares52 wards, Dorset · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dorset52 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 64.5%. Stalbridge & Marnhull is 74.0%.
74%25th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage52 wards, Dorset · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dorset52 areas from 18.3% to 97.0%. The middle area is 85.6%. Stalbridge & Marnhull is 92.0%.
92.0%9th highest
Claimant rate52 wards, Dorset · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dorset52 areas from 0.9% to 5.8%. The middle area is 2.1%. Stalbridge & Marnhull is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 16th lowest

Is Stalbridge & Marnhull safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stalbridge & Marnhull at a rate of 29.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 53.9 per 1,000 people across Dorset.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 22 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stalbridge & Marnhull.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (66), other crime (36) and anti-social behaviour (34).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Dorset

These figures are published for the whole of Dorset, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dorset and not Stalbridge & Marnhull 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 paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.7×
Joint 98th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.3
Joint 116th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Stalbridge & Marnhull in brief

Stalbridge & Marnhull had 5,152 usual residents at the census.

About 74% of people in Stalbridge & Marnhull live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Stalbridge & Marnhull, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Stalbridge & Marnhull, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.