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CO5 7AG

Mersea and Pyefleet · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Mersea and Pyefleet
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 7BH 164 m
CO5 7AA 181 m
CO5 7AU 189 m
CO5 7DR 342 m
CO5 7AP 408 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 7AG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 March 2023
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7
Latitude
51.841722
Longitude
0.939137
British National Grid easting
602,564
British National Grid northing
219,985

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Mersea and Pyefleet · E05010833
Parish or community
E04003988
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110196
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 019E · E01021695
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 019 · E02004524

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
14
Secondary
1

  1. Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    542 m

  2. St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km

  3. Langenhoe Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
48
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 25
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 3
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
CO5 7 residents
5,109

Age bands in CO5 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

752 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

455 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

1,151 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

1,506 residents

Age 65 and over
23.8%

1,208 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO5 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    1.8 km

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

    WIVENHOE MEDICAL CENTRE, PHILLIP ROAD, WIVENHOE, COLCHESTER, CO7 9BA

    ODS code F81028

    2.2 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • The Whalebone

    BCT · Fingringhoe

    0.3 miles

  • The Whalebone

    BCT · Fingringhoe

    0.3 miles

  • Brook Hall Road

    BCT · Fingringhoe

    0.8 miles

  • Brook Hall Road

    BCT · Fingringhoe

    0.8 miles

  • Rowhedge

    BCT · Rowhedge

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 019E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,032 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 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

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 1 secondary schools. Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 542 m.

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

Recorded crime

48 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 25 events.

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