# BH21 2QY: area report for a postcode in Dorset

BH21 2QY is a postcode in Dorset.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Dorset. Open the map at BH21 2QY for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) › [BH21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh21) › [BH21 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bh21-2)

## Around this postcode

- **12 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 8% on July. Dorset 021B: 79 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **Parkstone (Dorset), 7.9 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 700 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **No property in BH21 2QY listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 2. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Dorset 021B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **£325,154 average price**: For the whole of Dorset, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.6 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 840 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **99% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **Moderate road and rail noise at BH21 2QY**: Road 60 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY
- **7.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Canford School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/canford-school-e113922) | Independent | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Merley First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/merley-first-school-e141794) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | – |
| [St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-first-school-wimborne-e141821) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | – |
| [Hayeswood First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hayeswood-first-school-e141786) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | – |
| [Beaucroft Foundation School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beaucroft-foundation-school-e113956) | Special | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | – |
| [St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-church-of-england-middle-school-colehill-e141829) | Secondary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2024 | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Colehill First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colehill-first-school-e141768) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | – |
| [Allenbourn Middle School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/allenbourn-middle-school-e141757) | Secondary | 2 km (25 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2025 | £275,500 | Flat or maisonette, new build, freehold | 180 m |
| May 2026 | £330,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| July 2025 | £470,250 | Semi-detached, new build, freehold | 250 m |
| July 2026 | £200,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 270 m |
| August 2025 | £500,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 280 m |
| June 2024 | £582,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 300 m |
| March 2026 | £573,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 330 m |
| July 2025 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 360 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Spar Gordon Road (840 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £325,154** (July 2026). Dorset’s average house price was £325,154 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £37,462** (2025). Full-time workers living in Dorset earned a median of £37,462 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 140th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.7×** (2025). A home in Dorset costs 8.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 98th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 16.3** (2025). Dorset has a deprivation score of 16.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 116th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Dorset 021B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 22.6** (2025). Dorset 021B has a deprivation score of 22.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,689th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £470,125** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dorset 021B was £470,125 in 2025. 5,633rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,230** (2021). Dorset 021B had 2,230 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 2,573rd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.1%** (January 2026). In Dorset 021B, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## BH21 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £405,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BH21 was £405,000 in 2025. Joint 576th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 42,247** (2021). BH21 had 42,247 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 380th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 46%** (2022). About 46% of people in BH21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 84.0%** (January 2026). In BH21, 84.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset)
- Centre: 50.7934, -1.9620

Council: [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Mid Dorset and North Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-dorset-and-north-poole): Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.9620,50.7934,BH212QY

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