CO16 7AR

Bluehouse · Tendring · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Clacton-On-Sea
Local authority
Tendring
Constituency
Clacton
Postcode district
CO16
Postcode sector
CO16 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO16 7AG 47 m
CO16 7AS 79 m
CO16 7AU 80 m
CO16 7AN 86 m
CO16 7AQ 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO16 7AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO16
Postcode sector
CO16 7
Latitude
51.796494
Longitude
1.128260
British National Grid easting
615,805
British National Grid northing
215,499

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
Bluehouse · E05011934
Parish or community
E43000258
Westminster constituency
Clacton · E14001174
Output area
E00111932
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 015D · E01022031
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 015 · E02004587

Postcode source versions

Explore CO16

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
16, Porter Way, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 7AR 2 April 2026 £118,500
36, Porter Way, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 7AR 15 March 2024 £136,000
16, Porter Way, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 7AR 28 April 2023 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Ravens Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    243 m
  2. St Clare's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    321 m
  3. Oakwood Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    977 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,408
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,145
  • Criminal damage and arson 223
  • Shoplifting 170
  • Anti social behaviour 157
  • Other theft 153

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
72

38 female, 34 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
2.3
CO16 7 residents
4,694

Age bands in CO16 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

819 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

535 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.1%

1,026 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

1,238 residents

Age 65 and over
25.5%

1,236 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO16 7 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+
14.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
14.3%
Gigabit-capable
14.3%
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

6

within 5 km

  • OLD ROAD SURGERY

    147-149 OLD ROAD, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 3AU

    ODS code F81212

    1.4 km

  • RANWORTH SURGERY

    103 PIER AVENUE, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 1NJ

    ODS code F81156

    1.6 km

  • ST. JAMES SURGERY

    89 WASH LANE, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 1DA

    ODS code F81052

    1.7 km

  • EAST LYNNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3-5 WELLESLEY ROAD, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 3PP

    ODS code F81037

    1.7 km

  • CLACTON COMMUNITY PRACTICES

    32 CROSSWAYS, JAYWICK, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 2NB

    ODS code F81681

    1.9 km

  • NORTH CLACTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    UNIT 5, 7 & 8, CRUSADER BUSINESS PARK, STEPHENSON ROAD WEST, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 4TN

    ODS code F81741

    3.4 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mason Road

    BCT · Clacton

    0.1 miles
  • Birch Close

    BCT · Clacton

    0.1 miles
  • Birch Close

    BCT · Clacton

    0.1 miles
  • Boxted Ave

    BCT · Clacton

    0.2 miles
  • Boxted Ave

    BCT · Clacton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 015D, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

29 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £120,000 from 3 recorded sales in CO16 7AR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tendring is £261,717 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ravens Academy is the nearest published school at 243 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,408 published events cover 12 months, averaging 200.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,145 events.

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