Local authority · E06000059
Dorset
In useDorset is a local authority in England, published in boundary releases since April 2019.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E06000059
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 2,484 km²
- Population
- 389,947Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2019 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
223 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
259 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
52 wards, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Beacon
- Beaminster
- Blackmore Vale
- Blandford
- Bridport
- Chalk Valleys
- Charminster St Mary's
- Chesil Bank
- Chickerell
- Colehill & Wimborne Minster East
- Corfe Mullen
- Cranborne & Alderholt
- Cranborne Chase
- Crossways
- Dorchester East
- Dorchester Poundbury
- Dorchester West
- Eggardon
- Ferndown North
- Ferndown South
- Gillingham
- Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants
- Littlemoor & Preston
- Lyme & Charmouth
- Lytchett Matravers & Upton
- Marshwood Vale
- Melcombe Regis
- Portland
- Puddletown & Lower Winterborne
- Radipole
- Rodwell & Wyke
- Shaftesbury Town
- Sherborne East
- Sherborne Rural
- Sherborne West
- South East Purbeck
- St Leonards & St Ives
- Stalbridge & Marnhull
- Stour & Allen Vale
- Sturminster Newton
- Swanage
- Upwey & Broadwey
- Verwood
- Wareham
- West Moors & Three Legged Cross
- West Parley
- West Purbeck
- Westham
- Wimborne Minster
- Winterborne & Broadmayne
- Winterborne North
- Yetminster
What it overlaps
2 wards, as of the December 2018 boundaries
Neighbours
5 local authorities share a border with Dorset, longest border first.
- Somerset 102.5 km
- New Forest 43.3 km
- Wiltshire 39.5 km
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 34.5 km
- East Devon 21.8 km
Data published for it
35 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Dorset itself.
- Adult social care activity in England2025
- Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework, England2025
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000059 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000059/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000059/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000059/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000059/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000059/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E06000059?include=capabilities