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DT2 8QY is in Waddock, Dorchester. DT2 8QY is located in the West Purbeck electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Dorset and the English Parliamentary constituency of South Dorset. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Dorset ICB - 11J and the police force is Dorset. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is DT2 8QY?

Locality	Waddock
Town/City	Dorchester
Country	England
Postcode District	DT2

DT2 8QY Elevation

Elevation or altitude of DT2 8QY as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	30m	98ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	West Purbeck
Constituency	South Dorset

Transport

Nearest railway stations to DT2 8QY

Moreton (Dorset) Station	2.6km
Wool Station	6.3km

Broadband

Broadband access in DT2 8QY (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in DT2 8QY (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	0.7Mbps
Average download speed	0.7Mbps
Maximum download speed	1.06Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	0.4Mbps
Average upload speed	0.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	0.59Mbps

Broadband limitations in DT2 8QY (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	100.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	100.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	100.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	100.0%

DT2 8QY gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in DT2 8QY by fuel type, 2015.

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	97,486
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	6,093
Median (kWh/meter)	3,469

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in DT2 8QY, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in DT2 8QY.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

53% of English postcodes are less deprived than DT2 8QY:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to DT2 8QY (metres)

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Nearest post box to DT2 8QY

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Ex Moreton P.o. Box	11:45	09:00	1,764m
Briantspuddle P.o.	16:45	10:45	2,907m
Swinton Ave	16:45	08:30	3,341m

DT2 8QY ITL and DT2 8QY LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for DT2 8QY:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLK	South West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLK2	Dorset and Somerset
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLK25	Dorset
LAU 1 Code	Name
E06000059	Dorset

DT2 8QY census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for DT2 8QY:

	Code	Name
OA	E00103877
LSOA	E01020490	Purbeck 004B
MSOA	E02004266	Purbeck 004

Nearest postcodes to DT2 8QY

DT2 8QX		524m
DT2 8RA	Hurst	899m
DT2 8QU		946m
DT2 8RD	The Common	1400m
DT2 8QZ		1432m
DT2 8RQ		1706m
DT2 8RH		2066m
DT2 8QR		2212m
DT2 8BA		2309m
DT2 8AZ	Station Road	2377m