Dundee
Dundee is covered by postcode districts DD1, DD2, DD3, DD4 and DD5. It is mostly in the Dundee City council area: 4,399 of its 4,408 postcodes. The others are in Angus.
Every postcode in Dundee, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 218
- Some can get gigabit: 442
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 3,618
- Ofcom gives no figure: 130
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes without gigabit lie together
Of the 4,408 postcodes in Dundee that ONS places, 218 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 442 have some that can, 3,618 can all get it and 130 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 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 56.4745, longitude -2.9638. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
Postcodes without gigabit
218 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.
What is it like to live in Dundee?
At 3,618 of the 4,278 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. It has 32 primary schools and 8 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. The nearest railway station is Dundee, 2.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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Sources: Ofcom Connected Nations; Scottish Government school list; NaPTAN. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
Are new homes being built in Dundee?
109 of the 4,408 postcodes now in use in Dundee came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Dundee?
Ofcom reports on 4,278 of the 4,408 postcodes in Dundee. At 3,618 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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Which schools are in Dundee?
The open schools at the postcodes in Dundee (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Clepington Primary School350 m School website
- Dens Road Primary School450 m School website
- Rosebank Primary School800 m School website
- Our Lady's RC Primary School800 m School website
- Glebelands Primary School950 m School website
- St Peter & Paul RC School1.1 km School website
- Rowantree Primary School1.7 km School website
- Fintry Primary School2.1 km School website
Source: Scottish Government school list, read 27 October 2026. Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Each school opens its website, where the council lists one.
How far is the station from Dundee?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dundee is Dundee Rail Station, 2.1 km away in a straight line.
- Dundee Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
- Broughty Ferry Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Invergowrie Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Who runs Dundee?
- Councils
- Dundee City (4,399) and Angus (9)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Dundee Central (3,267) and Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (1,141)
- Police force area
- Scotland
- Country
- Scotland
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; National Records of Scotland localities.
Moving to Dundee
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Dundee is in Dundee City; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Dundee City about council tax Council tax, on dundeecity.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Dundee postcodes
4,408 postcodes in use in Dundee, by district:
Those districts are all in the DD postcode area.
Check a Dundee postcode
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Places near Dundee
Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Dundee
- What is the postcode for Dundee?
- Postcode districts DD1, DD2, DD3, DD4 and DD5, with 4,408 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- What schools are in Dundee?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Clepington Primary School, Dens Road Primary School and Rosebank Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Morgan Academy, St Paul's RC Academy and St John's RC High School. Source: Scottish Government.
- Does Dundee have a railway station?
- The nearest is Dundee station, 2.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Dundee?
- Ofcom reports on 4,278 of the 4,408 postcodes in Dundee. At 3,618 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Are new homes being built in Dundee?
- 109 of the 4,408 postcodes now in use in Dundee came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. Source: ONS.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- National Records of Scotland localities
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- Scottish Government school list
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
Contains National Records of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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