Wareham Area Guide | £380k Median Price | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
9,855
Households
4,449
4,449
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
£379,500
Median property price
347
Postcodes
4,449
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
£379,500
Median property price
347
Postcodes

Sold prices in Wareham

England & Wales
Property sales · Wareham
HM Land Registry · Wareham
Average price
£416,514
YoY: +4.4%
Median price: £374,500
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £477,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£521k£400k£278k
Aug '24Jan '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood risk in Wareham

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Dorset.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Dorset

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Wareham

152 mapped places in this local authority

52 GPs · 52 Museums · 31 Libraries · 152 in all

  • GPs52
  • Museums52
  • Libraries31
  • Hospitals17

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Wareham

Coordinates50.6932, -2.1076
Postcodes
347
Population (Census)
9,855
Households (Census)
4,449

Demographics in Wareham

Ethnicity

Total residents: 9,866
White Brit.95.0%
Other White1.8%
+ other · 3.2%

Religion

Total residents: 9,839
Christian53.9%
No religion39.0%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 9,855
50–6423.0%
65–7416.4%
35–4914.6%
75–8411.1%
25–348.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.5%

Households

Total households: 4,449
Any member 66+18.9%
All members 66+17.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.1%
Other11.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.3%
+ 7 other households · 28.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Wareham

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.89 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.89 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Wareham