CO5 7QJ

Mersea and Pyefleet · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 7QG 373 m
CO5 7QL 421 m
CO5 7QP 521 m
CO5 7QS 1.0 km
CO5 7LN 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 7QJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7
Latitude
51.805742
Longitude
0.909317
British National Grid easting
600,670
British National Grid northing
215,902

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04004002
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110200
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 019D · E01021694
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 019 · E02004524

Postcode source versions

Explore CO5

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rose Farm, Colchester Road, Peldon, Colchester, CO5 7QJ 24 July 2008 £570,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Langenhoe Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km
  2. Mersea Island School

    Foundation school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

3 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
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 0.1% 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.

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

  • WEST MERSEA SURGERY

    32 KINGSLAND ROAD, WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, CO5 8RA

    ODS code F81012

    3.1 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

  • The Rose

    BCT · Peldon

    0.0 miles
  • The Rose

    BCT · Peldon

    0.0 miles
  • The Rose

    BCT · Peldon

    0.0 miles
  • The Rose

    BCT · Peldon

    0.0 miles
  • Pyefleet House

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 019D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,024 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Langenhoe Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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