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CM5 0AL

Ongar · Epping Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ongar
Ward
Ongar
Local authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar
Postcode district
CM5
Postcode sector
CM5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM5 0AY 103 m
CM5 0AN 107 m
CM5 0GD 113 m
CM5 0AZ 165 m
CM5 0AX 169 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM5 0AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM5
Postcode sector
CM5 0
Latitude
51.716943
Longitude
0.246305
British National Grid easting
555,271
British National Grid northing
204,411

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Epping Forest · E07000072
Electoral ward
Ongar · E05015735
Parish or community
E04004027
Westminster constituency
Brentwood and Ongar · E14001125
Output area
E00182475
Lower layer super output area
Epping Forest 004D · E01021802
Middle layer super output area
Epping Forest 004 · E02004530

Postcode source versions

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Property

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12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
75, Fyfield Road, Ongar, CM5 0AL 15 October 2021 £555,555
Pleasant Views, 69, Fyfield Road, Ongar, CM5 0AL 10 November 2020 £530,000
Bowling Inn, Fyfield Road, Ongar, CM5 0AL 12 April 2019 £1,000,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. The Ongar Academy

    Free schools

    166 m

  2. Ongar Primary School

    Academy converter

    716 m

  3. High Ongar Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
351
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 150
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Other theft 27
  • Public order 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
29

12 female, 17 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.6
CM5 0 residents
5,934

Age bands in CM5 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.5%

1,098 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

639 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.8%

1,353 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,671 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,180 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CM5 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
93.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
93.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
93.3%
Gigabit-capable
93.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
93.3%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ONGAR HEALTH CENTRE

    ONGAR WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, FYFIELD ROAD, ONGAR, CM5 0AL

    ODS code F81049

    0 m

Nearby transport

  • The Gables

    BCT · Ongar

    0.1 miles

  • The Gables

    BCT · Ongar

    0.1 miles

  • Hospital

    BCT · Ongar

    0.1 miles

  • Hospital

    BCT · Ongar

    0.2 miles

  • The Wantz Farm

    BCT · Ongar

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 004D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,016 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £555,555 from 1 recorded sale in CM5 0AL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Epping Forest is £536,765 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Ongar Academy is the nearest published school at 166 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

351 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 150 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.