CO16 9BU

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO16 9BT 761 m
CO7 8QZ 855 m
CO16 9BL 882 m
CO16 9BX 938 m
CO16 9AB 987 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO16 9BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO16
Postcode sector
CO16 9
Latitude
51.833777
Longitude
1.104437
British National Grid easting
613,986
British National Grid northing
219,574

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
E00112005
Lower layer super output area
Tendring 018E · E01022047
Middle layer super output area
Tendring 018 · E02004590

Postcode source versions

Explore CO16

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
High Birch Farm, The Factory, High Birch Road, Weeley Heath, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 9BU 2 June 2025 £1,645,000
Bowshots, High Birch Road, Weeley Heath, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 9BU 24 September 2019 £535,000
High Birch Farm, High Birch Road, Weeley Heath, Clacton-On-Sea, CO16 9BU 10 February 2017 £650,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.1 km
  2. Engaines Primary School and Nursery

    Foundation school

    2.7 km
  3. Great Bentley Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Possession of weapons 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

12 female, 9 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.6
CO16 9 residents
6,089

Age bands in CO16 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.7%

736 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

470 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.6%

962 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

1,722 residents

Age 65 and over
32.9%

1,910 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO16 9 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+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
88.9%
Gigabit-capable
88.9%
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

3

within 5 km

  • GREAT BENTLEY SURGERY

    THE HOLLIES, THE GREEN, GREAT BENTLEY, COLCHESTER, CO7 8PJ

    ODS code F81021

    3.7 km

  • NORTH CLACTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F81741

    4.4 km

  • THORPE SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, HIGH STREET, THORPE-LE-SOKEN, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO16 0EA

    ODS code F81213

    4.8 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

  • Clay Lane

    BCT · St Osyth

    0.8 miles
  • Clay Lane

    BCT · St Osyth

    0.8 miles
  • Memorial

    BCT · Weeley Heath

    1.1 miles
  • Memorial

    BCT · Weeley Heath

    1.1 miles
  • The White Hart

    BCT · Weeley Heath

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tendring 018E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,942 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £1,645,000 from 1 recorded sale in CO16 9BU. 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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