19,703
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
Christian · 51%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
£526,677
Median property price
1,490
Postcodes
Sold prices in BH21
England & WalesProperty sales · BH21
HM Land Registry · BH21
Average price
£460,951
YoY: +2.5%
Median price: £446,571
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Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 19 sales · avg £503,092
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£512k£454k£396k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
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Overview of BH21
Coordinates50.8121, -1.9745
Postcodes
1,490
Population (Census)
46,659
Households (Census)
19,703
Demographics in BH21
Ethnicity
White Brit.94.9%
Other White2.0%
+ other · 3.2%
Religion
Christian50.8%
No religion41.7%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 1.6%
Age groups
50–6422.0%
35–4916.6%
65–7414.1%
75–849.4%
25–349.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.8%
Households
All members 66+15.9%
Any member 66+15.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children12.8%
Other10.6%
+ 7 other households · 29.5%
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for BH21
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.23 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 7.23 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Wards in BH21
Broadstone
IMD 10.003 postcodes
Corfe Mullen
IMD 9.12219 postcodes
Bearwood & Merley
IMD 9.11137 postcodes
Colehill & Wimborne Minster East
IMD 8.12274 postcodes
Ferndown North
IMD 8.08100 postcodes
Lytchett Matravers & Upton
IMD 7.754 postcodes
Ferndown South
IMD 7.005 postcodes
Wimborne Minster
IMD 6.76323 postcodes
Stour & Allen Vale
IMD 6.21189 postcodes
Cranborne Chase
IMD 5.0076 postcodes
West Moors & Three Legged Cross
IMD 4.3865 postcodes
Cranborne & Alderholt
IMD 4.0094 postcodes
Postcodes in BH21
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