DG9 postcode district: Stranraer and around, Dumfries and Galloway
DG9 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 808 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Stranraer. Its council is Dumfries and Galloway.
- Postcodes in use
- 808
- Sectors
- 5
- Council
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Places
- Stranraer
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in DG9, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 154
- Some can get gigabit: 167
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 480
- Ofcom gives no figure: 7
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 808 postcodes in DG9 that ONS places, 154 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 167 have some that can, 480 can all get it and 7 have no Ofcom figure.
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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 180 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 54.8774, longitude -5.0229. 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; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; 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
Postcodes without gigabit
154 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
Where the postcodes without gigabit lie together
- 27 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. DG9 8SZ, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 10 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. DG9 9JW, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 9 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. DG9 8LF, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 7 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. DG9 9PS, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 6 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. DG9 7DW, is the one nearest the middle of them.
- 5 postcodes without gigabit, outlined on the map. DG9 8SD, is the one nearest the middle of them.
What broadband can you get in DG9?
Ofcom reports on 801 of the 808 postcodes in DG9. At 480 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 18 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 DG9
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in DG9
Towns and villages with postcodes in DG9, and how many each has here.
Who covers DG9
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- Dumfries and Galloway808
Police force areas
- Scotland808
Next to DG9
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after DG9 in the DG area.
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