Property market
The five-year median is £384,220 from 2,701 recorded sales in CO5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Colchester is £298,003 in June 2026, down 0.3% year on year.
CO5
UK postcode district
Part of Colchester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,250
- Current units
- 977
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 273
Postcode sectors in CO5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
18,039 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 17, Woodfield Drive, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8PX | 28 July 2026 | £360,000 |
| 14, Victory Road, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8LX | 16 July 2026 | £550,000 |
| 35, Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8HE | 14 July 2026 | £535,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,155
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 562
- Other theft 109
- Anti social behaviour 107
- Criminal damage and arson 107
- Public order 79
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CO5 usual residents
- 29,501
- Age-profile population
- 29,418
Age bands in CO5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.1%
- 4,158 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- 2,806 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.7%
- 5,806 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.9%
- 8,510 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 27.7%
- 8,138 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 961 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 88.2%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 88.2%
- Gigabit-capable
- 88.2%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 863 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 421 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 14 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
KELVEDON & FEERING HEALTH CENTRE
46 HIGH STREET, KELVEDON, COLCHESTER, CO5 9AG
ODS code F81011
ROWHEDGE SURGERY
7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP
ODS code F81141
TIPTREE MEDICAL CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, TIPTREE, COLCHESTER, CO5 0HB
ODS code F81133
WEST MERSEA SURGERY
32 KINGSLAND ROAD, WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, CO5 8RA
ODS code F81012
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,155 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 562 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.