Neighbourhoods in Dorset

South West · 48 areas. Area Score 0–100 (higher = less deprived).

In summary

Dorset contains both ends of the scale: Parley & Hampreston at 94 out of 100 (#396 of 6,856 in England) against Weymouth Town, Melcombe Regis & Rodwell at 13, an 81-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 11 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 3 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £208,000 in Underhill & The Grove to £680,000 in St Leonards — a 3.3× gap within Dorset.

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Towns & places in Dorset

Grouped neighbourhoods that share a town or locality name.

NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Parley & Hampreston 39694 £460,000
Corfe Mullen 45793 £387,500
Colehill 54092 £460,000
East Verwood 68490 £387,500
Preston & Lodmoor 90387 £365,000
Ferndown West & Canford Bottom 95186 £380,000
St Leonards 1,00685 £680,000
Dorchester East 1,67876 £320,000
Gillingham Outer, Bourton & Motcombe 1,75374 £325,000
West Verwood 2,04870 £425,000
West Moors 2,25367 £390,000
Blandford Outer & Tarrants 2,38465 £402,500
Sherborne 2,48064 £325,000
Upton & Lytchett Minster 2,49364 £331,000
Bere Regis & Lytchett Matravers 2,55563 £412,500
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers 2,62462 £552,500
Blandford Forum Town 2,63762 £258,750
Poundbury & Dorchester West 2,67261 £360,000
Wimborne Minster 2,69961 £355,475
Shaftesbury 2,78859 £270,000
Owermoigne, Broadmayne & Winterbourne 2,86358 £358,000
Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown 2,87058 £380,000
Yetminster, Bradford Abbas & Longburton 2,92557 £430,000
Alderholt & Sixpenny Handley 2,94657 £448,000
Wareham, Sandford & Holton Heath 2,96657 £370,000
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel 2,98756 £550,000
Gillingham 3,04956 £270,000
Sturminster Newton & Stalbridge 3,05555 £310,000
Child Okeford & Iwerne Minster 3,09055 £382,500
Burton Bradstock & Chideock 3,11754 £435,000
Swanage 3,24753 £345,000
Dorchester North 3,25452 £290,000
Weymouth West 3,28252 £250,000
Bridport South & West Bay 3,37151 £340,000
Ferndown Town 3,40550 £382,500
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine 3,45350 £400,000
Bovington, Wool & Lulworth 3,45350 £336,000
Chickerell & Chesil Bank 3,52249 £335,000
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale 3,54248 £497,000
Bridport North 3,70046 £320,000
Westham North & Radipole 3,72746 £365,000
Wyke Regis 3,87144 £275,000
Beaminster, Maiden Newton & Halstock 3,93343 £350,000
Southwell & Weston 4,03641 £245,000
Westham South 4,49534 £265,000
Broadwey & Littlemoor 5,16025 £241,000
Underhill & The Grove 5,49620 £208,000
Weymouth Town, Melcombe Regis & Rodwell 5,96213 £222,500

Nearby areas

Local authorities around Dorset.