CM5 0EX

Rural East · Epping Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM5 0EU 290 m
CM5 0DS 535 m
CM5 0DT 702 m
CM5 0GB 722 m
CM5 0ET 815 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM5 0EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM5
Postcode sector
CM5 0
Latitude
51.746716
Longitude
0.202249
British National Grid easting
552,128
British National Grid northing
207,629

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Epping Forest · E07000072
Parish or community
E04004022
Westminster constituency
Brentwood and Ongar · E14001125
Output area
E00110723
Lower layer super output area
Epping Forest 003B · E01021796
Middle layer super output area
Epping Forest 003 · E02004529

Postcode source versions

Explore CM5

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lunds Farm House, Wind Hill, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0EX 5 August 2022 £1,520,000
Lunds Farm House, Wind Hill, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0EX 19 April 2018 £1,175,000
Lunds Barn, Wind Hill, Magdalen Laver, Ongar, CM5 0EX 20 April 2011 £675,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Moreton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km
  2. St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.2 km
  3. Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
31
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

7 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.2% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

  • ONGAR HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F81049

    4.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Weald Bridge Road

    BCT · Magdalen Laver

    0.4 miles
  • Weald Bridge Road

    BCT · Magdalen Laver

    0.4 miles
  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Moreton

    0.7 miles
  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Moreton

    0.7 miles
  • Church

    BCT · High Laver

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 003B, 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

14,967 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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 £1,520,000 from 1 recorded sale in CM5 0EX. 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Moreton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

31 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

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