Housing in SP7 8FT
What the homes in SP7 8FT are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Shaftesbury
- Council
- Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,173 (2024)
SP7 8FTShaftesbury
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (40.2%). Flats make up 11.2%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
44.8% of households in the SP7 8FT area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 18.4% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 13.5% own outright and 31.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned44.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership9.4%1%
- Private rented18.4%20.5%
- Social rented27.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.7 people living in it. 22.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (32.9%). 45.3% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Dorset
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Dorset (August 2026, +4.9% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SP7 8FT (Shaftesbury) (about 2,173 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.