DD3 postcode district: Dundee and around
DD3 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 1,116 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Dundee. It is split between 2 councils: Dundee City (1,062 postcodes) and Angus (54).
- Postcodes in use
- 1,116
- Sectors
- 5
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- Dundee
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in DD3, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 27
- In use before 2020: 1,089
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,116 postcodes in DD3 that ONS places, 27 are new since 2020 and 1,089 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 56.4833, longitude -2.9900. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DD3 0FA, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in DD3?
Ofcom reports on 1,110 of the 1,116 postcodes in DD3. At 983 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in DD3
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in DD3
Towns and villages with postcodes in DD3, and how many each has here.
Who covers DD3
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Dundee City1,062
- Angus54
Constituencies
- Dundee Central1,062
- Angus and Perthshire Glens54
Police force areas
- Scotland1,116
Next to DD3
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after DD3 in the DD area.
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