CO16 8JT

St Osyth · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO16 8JN 109 m
CO16 8JR 184 m
CO16 8JU 202 m
CO16 8NW 207 m
CO16 8JL 228 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO16 8JT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO16
Postcode sector
CO16 8
Latitude
51.793452
Longitude
1.040601
British National Grid easting
609,776
British National Grid northing
214,905

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Tendring · E07000076
Electoral ward
St Osyth · E05011955
Parish or community
E04012802
Westminster constituency
Clacton · E14001174
Output area
E00112003
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 011E · E01022046
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 011 · E02004583

Postcode source versions

Explore CO16

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
279, Point Clear Road, St Osyth, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 8JT 12 August 2021 £295,000
278, Point Clear Road, St Osyth, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 8JT 20 May 2021 £350,000
280, Point Clear Road, St Osyth, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 8JT 1 February 2021 £405,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    2.5 km
  2. St Osyth Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.9 km
  3. Colne Community School

    Academy converter

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
204
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 115
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Other theft 18
  • Vehicle crime 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

12 female, 9 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.1
CO16 8 residents
12,627

Age bands in CO16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

2,038 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,219 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.4%

2,614 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

3,409 residents

Age 65 and over
27.5%

3,522 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO16 8 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

  • COLNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 STATION ROAD, BRIGHTLINGSEA, COLCHESTER, CO7 0DT

    ODS code F81116

    2.3 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

  • Community Hall

    BCT · Point Clear

    0.0 miles
  • Community Hall

    BCT · Point Clear

    0.0 miles
  • Dumont Avenue

    BCT · Point Clear

    0.2 miles
  • Dumont Avenue

    BCT · Point Clear

    0.2 miles
  • Oakmead

    BCT · Point Clear

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 011E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,455 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £295,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO16 8JT. 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

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

204 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 115 events.

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