# DT3 5QJ: area report for a postcode in Dorset

DT3 5QJ 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 DT3 5QJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) › [DT3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dt3) › [DT3 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dt3-5)

## Around this postcode

- **3 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 50% on July. Dorset 038C: 25 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **Upwey, 1.7 km**: About 21 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **No schools within 800 m**: None found within 1.6 km. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **No property in DT3 5QJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Dorset 038C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **£325,154 average price**: For the whole of Dorset, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: None found within 2 km. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at DT3 5QJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at DT3 5QJ**: Road 61 dB, rail 45 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% 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=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ
- **5.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2026 | £386,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| May 2026 | £240,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 220 m |
| January 2026 | £368,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 230 m |
| April 2024 | £317,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 410 m |
| September 2025 | £460,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 420 m |
| December 2024 | £230,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 450 m |
| April 2026 | £362,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 460 m |
| October 2024 | £390,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 540 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Tesco Dorchester Road Express (470 m, Tesco)

## 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 038C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 9.1** (2025). Dorset 038C has a deprivation score of 9.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,611th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £385,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dorset 038C was £385,000 in 2025. Joint 9,448th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,546** (2021). Dorset 038C had 1,546 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,997th 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: 81.6%** (January 2026). In Dorset 038C, 81.6% 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.

## DT3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DT3 was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 789th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 24,583** (2021). DT3 had 24,583 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,197th 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: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in DT3 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 DT3, 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: 50.6633, -2.4677

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

## Your MP

- [South Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-dorset): Lloyd Hatton (Labour), 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)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [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=-2.4677,50.6633,DT35QJ

## How to cite

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