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CO5 7JS

Old Heath and The Hythe · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Old Heath and The Hythe
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 7HW 53 m
CO5 7JR 55 m
CO5 7HN 69 m
CO5 7HL 83 m
CO5 7JQ 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 7JS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7
Latitude
51.858362
Longitude
0.946628
British National Grid easting
603,005
British National Grid northing
221,856

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Old Heath and The Hythe · E05010836
Parish or community
E04003985
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110013
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 016A · E01021657
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 016 · E02004521

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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74 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS 6 November 2025 £225,000
30, Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS 11 December 2023 £289,500
7, Chapel Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7JS 20 July 2023 £226,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
26
Secondary
2

  1. St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge

    Voluntary controlled school

    349 m

  2. Broomgrove Infant School

    Community school

    1.3 km

  3. Broomgrove Junior School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
434
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 165
  • Shoplifting 109
  • Criminal damage and arson 32
  • Vehicle crime 28
  • Public order 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
68

35 female, 33 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
2.1
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 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO5 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • ROWHEDGE SURGERY

    7 RECTORY ROAD, ROWHEDGE, COLCHESTER, CO5 7HP

    ODS code F81141

    130 m

  • WIVENHOE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81028

    1.0 km

  • ABBEY FIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    YPRES ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7UW

    ODS code F81095

    3.9 km

  • COLCHESTER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2QS

    ODS code F81042

    4.4 km

  • EAST HILL SURGERY

    78 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER, CO1 2RW

    ODS code F81091

    4.4 km

  • CREFFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

    CREFFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 15 CAVALRY ROAD, COLCHESTER, CO2 7GH

    ODS code F81115

    4.5 km

  • BEACON HOUSE MINISTRIES

    24 CROUCH STREET, COLCHESTER, CO3 3ES

    ODS code Y01297

    4.8 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Shipyard Corner

    BCT · Rowhedge

    0.0 miles

  • Shipyard Corner

    BCT · Rowhedge

    0.0 miles

  • Taylor's Road

    BCT · Rowhedge

    0.1 miles

  • Taylor's Road

    BCT · Rowhedge

    0.1 miles

  • Battleswick Farm

    BCT · Rowhedge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 016A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,466 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £274,750 from 10 recorded sales in CO5 7JS. 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.

Schools

Published establishments

31 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge is the nearest published school at 349 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

434 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 165 events.

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