Motcombe

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:40

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

675 reported road collisions (2025)

215 killed or seriously injured · 893 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

88 food businesses within 2 miles

• 68 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gillingham (3.9 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,589 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,056 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £732
• 2 bed £967
• 3 bed £1,191

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,771 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.2 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Shaftesbury (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,787
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,709
• Net moves+4,078

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 174 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

184 schools · 49,648 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 67 of 85 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

157 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

388 CQC-registered services

• Care homes120
• GP practices61
• Dentists85
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

• Not in the Green Belt
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

683 applications decided

91.7% granted · 626 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Simon Hoare

Conservative

North Dorset

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 2
• Con 30
• LD 42
• Grn 4
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £14,352 avg

e.g. Healthcare Support Worker, Delivery Rider - Scooter

Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,403 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 186,790 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

23% low-carbon electricity

Gas 75% · Wind 13% · Biomass 5% · Nuclear 5%

303 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in SP7

• Hmp Guys Marsh
• Adhd Service - Clinical Partners
• Bnssg Clinical Partners Rtc Adhd

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Dorset:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death474 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks331 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases263 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills198 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth176 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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