DY3 postcode district: Sedgley and around
DY3 is a postcode district in England, with 812 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Sedgley, Coseley, Dudley and 1 more place. It is split between 3 councils: Dudley (726 postcodes), South Staffordshire (85) and Wolverhampton (1). 85 of its 812 postcodes are in Staffordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 727.
- Postcodes in use
- 812
- Sectors
- 4
- Councils
- 3 councils
- Places
- 4 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in DY3, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 7
- In use before 2020: 805
Of the 812 postcodes in DY3 that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 805 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. 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 52.5308, longitude -2.1312. 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
What broadband can you get in DY3?
Ofcom reports on 807 of the 812 postcodes in DY3. At 737 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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
Is DY3 at risk of flooding?
9 of the 812 postcodes in DY3 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 6 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in DY3?
Homes in DY3 sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 324 sales, down 3.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £332,475 74 sales
- Semi-detached £242,000 145 sales
- Terraced £218,000 89 sales
- Flat or maisonette £122,500 16 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in DY3
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in DY3
Towns and villages with postcodes in DY3, and how many each has here.
Who covers DY3
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
- Dudley726
- Kingswinford and South Staffordshire85
- Wolverhampton South East1
Police force areas
- West Midlands727
- Staffordshire85
Next to DY3
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after DY3 in the DY area.
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