4,449
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
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Crimes
£371,000
Median property price
348
Postcodes
Overview of Wareham
Coordinates50.6932, -2.1076
Postcodes
348
Population (Census)
9,855
Households (Census)
4,449
Recorded crime
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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 5.85 (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 5.85 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Wareham
Property sales · Wareham
HM Land Registry · Wareham
Average price
£406,644
YoY: +1.2%
Median price: £373,750
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 2 sales · avg £440,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£527k£384k£241k
Jun '24Nov '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Demographics in Wareham
Ethnicity
White Brit.95.0%
Other White1.8%
+ other · 3.2%
Religion
Christian53.9%
No religion39.0%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 1.1%
Age groups
50–6423.0%
65–7416.4%
35–4914.6%
75–8411.1%
25–348.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.5%
Households
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%
Schools in Wareham
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Dorset · BH20 7BN
Good
1.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Stoborough Church of England Primary School
Dorset · BH20 5AD
Good
1.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
The Purbeck School
Dorset · BH20 4PF
Good
1.0 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18
Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School
Dorset · BH20 4PG
Good
0.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Bere Regis Primary and Preschool
Dorset · BH20 7DB
Requires improvement
2.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Stoborough Church of England Primary School
Dorset · BH20 5AD
1.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Wareham
Postcodes in Wareham
BH16 6FLBH16 6HXBH16 6JJBH16 6JLBH16 6JNBH16 6JPBH16 6JRBH16 6JSBH16 6JTBH16 6JWBH16 6JXBH16 6JYBH16 6JZBH16 6LABH16 6LDBH16 6LEBH16 6LFBH16 6LGBH16 6LNBH16 6LRBH16 6LSBH16 6LTBH16 6LWBH16 6NJBH16 6NLBH16 6NNBH20 4AABH20 4ABBH20 4ADBH20 4AEBH20 4AFBH20 4AGBH20 4AHBH20 4ANBH20 4APBH20 4AQBH20 4ARBH20 4ASBH20 4ATBH20 4AWBH20 4AXBH20 4AYBH20 4AZBH20 4BABH20 4BBBH20 4BDBH20 4BEBH20 4BGBH20 4BHBH20 4BJBH20 4BLBH20 4BNBH20 4BPBH20 4BQBH20 4BSBH20 4BTBH20 4BUBH20 4BWBH20 4BXBH20 4BYBH20 4BZBH20 4DABH20 4DBBH20 4DDBH20 4DEBH20 4DFBH20 4DGBH20 4DHBH20 4DJBH20 4DLBH20 4DNBH20 4DPBH20 4DQBH20 4DRBH20 4DSBH20 4DTBH20 4DUBH20 4DWBH20 4DXBH20 4DYBH20 4EABH20 4EDBH20 4EEBH20 4EFBH20 4EGBH20 4EHBH20 4ELBH20 4ENBH20 4EPBH20 4EQBH20 4ERBH20 4ESBH20 4ETBH20 4EUBH20 4EWBH20 4EXBH20 4EYBH20 4EZBH20 4FABH20 4FBBH20 4FDBH20 4FEBH20 4FFBH20 4FGBH20 4FHBH20 4FJBH20 4FLBH20 4FNBH20 4FPBH20 4FQBH20 4FRBH20 4HABH20 4HBBH20 4HDBH20 4HEBH20 4HFBH20 4HGBH20 4HHBH20 4HJBH20 4HL