Local authority district
Colchester
E07000071
This page groups current postcode coverage with source-backed Census, recorded sale and school counts. It is an official area summary, not a boundary or service-eligibility check.
Area summary
- Active postcodes
- 5,241
- Postcode districts
- 9
- Five-year recorded sales
- 16,126
- Open schools at matching postcodes
- 88
- Census 2021 residents
- 192,700
- Census 2021 households
- 79,738
- Mean postcode coordinate
- 51.87927, 0.88265
Quality-approved postcode districts
Related official areas
- Electoral wardRural NorthE05010838 · 505 postcodes
- Electoral wardCastleE05010828 · 453 postcodes
- Electoral wardMarks Tey and LayerE05010832 · 361 postcodes
- Electoral wardMersea and PyefleetE05010833 · 353 postcodes
- Electoral wardNew Town and Christ ChurchE05010835 · 334 postcodes
- Electoral wardLexden and BraiswickE05010831 · 327 postcodes
- Electoral wardTiptreeE05010842 · 307 postcodes
- Electoral wardGreensteadE05010829 · 299 postcodes
- Electoral wardMile EndE05010834 · 291 postcodes
- Electoral wardOld Heath and The HytheE05010836 · 287 postcodes
- Electoral wardShrub EndE05010840 · 286 postcodes
- Electoral wardWivenhoeE05010843 · 266 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 007GE01035158 · 115 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 001CE01021659 · 114 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 007CE01021648 · 102 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 020EE01021727 · 96 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 019AE01021643 · 94 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 017CE01021738 · 90 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 010BE01021662 · 88 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 002FE01033720 · 77 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 003AE01021660 · 76 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 019BE01021644 · 76 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 001AE01021655 · 71 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaColchester 001BE01021656 · 71 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 007E02004512 · 453 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 010E02004515 · 339 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 019E02004524 · 321 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 022E02006922 · 311 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 001E02004506 · 305 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 020E02004525 · 271 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 011E02004516 · 263 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 017E02004522 · 255 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 008E02004513 · 243 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 016E02004521 · 243 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 021E02004526 · 242 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaColchester 003E02004508 · 240 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyColchesterE14001176 · 2,733 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyHarwich and North EssexE14001273 · 1,603 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyWithamE14001590 · 905 postcodes
Source and limitations
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.. Coverage: United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope.
Names come from ONS Postcode Directory, release 2026-08, file Documents/LAD Local Authority District names and codes UK as at 04_25.csv, publisher date 1 Sept 2026.
OGL-3.0 with third-party rights. Counts reflect active postcodes in the current CheckNear.me publication and may differ from administrative service records.