Around average
IMD England
—
Crime
£185,000
Median property price
—
Annual change
South West
Region
Live
Status
Coordinates & Location for BH16 5HJ
Postcode
BH16 5HJ
Coordinates
50.7394, -2.0224
Grid reference
SY985933
Easting
398,516
Northing
93,311
Region
South West
Plus Code
9C2VPXQH+Q2
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Upton (Dorset)
Travel to Work
Poole
ITL Region
Dorset
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
13669
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 13669 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Property sales (Land Registry)
Property sales · BH16 5HJ
HM Land Registry · Dorset
Average price
£211,666
YoY: not enough sales in one or both windows
Median price: £185,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jan '24 – Nov '25Nov '25: 1 sales · avg £265,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£265k£225k£185k
Jan '24Nov '25
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
White Brit.93.2%
Other White2.1%
+ other · 4.7%
Religion
No religion56.7%
Christian37.4%
Not answered4.9%
+ other · 1.0%
Age groups
35–4918.8%
50–6418.1%
25–3416.6%
10–158.2%
65–747.4%
+ 5 other age groups · 30.8%
Households
Other14.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.0%
Any member 66+11.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children11.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.0%
+ 7 other households · 38.5%
Administrative Information
Dorset
Local Authority
Council AreaMid Dorset and North Poole E14001363
Constituency
E14001363Dorset
Police Force
Scotland-wide
Ward
Lytchett Matravers & Upton
Constituency code
E14001363
EU Electoral Region
South West
Parish
Lytchett Minster and Upton
International Territorial Level
Dorset
Health & NHS
South West
Health Authority
Serving (pseudo) England (UA/MD/LB)
NHS ScotlandWessex
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
South West
NHS Region
South West
Integrated Care Board
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
Dorset
Sub ICB Location
NHS Dorset ICB - 11J
Cancer Alliance
Wessex
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Dorset 028A E01020471
E01020471MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Dorset 028 E02004264
E02004264LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Purbeck 002A E01020471
E01020471MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Purbeck 002 E02004264
E02004264Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
4:07 AM
Sunrise
8:19 PM
Sunset
10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
4:07 AM
Sunset (today)
8:19 PM
Daylight duration
10 hours 28 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
January 1980
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~46 years
Active Duration
1980 -> PresentJanuary 1980 — Introduced
Postcode BH16 5HJ introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 13669
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01020471 and MSOA E02004264 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode BH16 5HJ is currently active and in use.
First introduced
January 1980
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~46 years
Last updated
2026-02-01
Current status
Live
Schools near BH16 5HJ
Open state schools within 2 km of this postcode, ranked by distance.
Yarrells Preparatory School
Dorset · BH16 5EU
0.4 mi
PrimaryIndependentMixed · Ages 2–11
Upton Infant School
Dorset · BH16 5LQ
Good
0.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–7
Upton Junior School
Dorset · BH16 5NQ
Good
0.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11
Bayside Academy
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · BH16 5AH
Good
0.9 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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