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CO5 7RJ

Marks Tey and Layer · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Marks Tey and Layer
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 7SA 291 m
CO5 7SB 362 m
CO5 7RH 460 m
CO5 7RL 513 m
CO5 7RZ 738 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 7RJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 7
Latitude
51.800975
Longitude
0.852058
British National Grid easting
596,744
British National Grid northing
215,216

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Marks Tey and Layer · E05010832
Parish or community
E04003990
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00109935
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 019B · E01021644
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 019 · E02004524

Postcode source versions

Explore CO5

Property

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34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Applewood, School Lane, Great Wigborough, Colchester, CO5 7RJ 29 October 2025 £627,000
The Oaks, School Lane, Great Wigborough, Colchester, CO5 7RJ 21 May 2024 £520,000
Hill Farm Cottages, 1, School Lane, Great Wigborough, Colchester, CO5 7RJ 11 October 2023 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.9 km

  2. Tollesbury School

    Community school

    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
67

37 female, 30 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
2.3
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.

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+
96.8%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.8%
Gigabit-capable
96.8%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
3.2%
Next Generation Access
96.8%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
6.5%

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 straight-line

  • THE TOLLESBURY PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, 25 HIGH STREET, TOLLESBURY, MALDON, CM9 8RG

    ODS code F81076

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • School Lane South

    BCT · Great Wigborough

    0.2 miles

  • School Lane South

    BCT · Great Wigborough

    0.2 miles

  • School Lane North

    BCT · Great Wigborough

    0.7 miles

  • School Lane North

    BCT · Great Wigborough

    0.7 miles

  • Copt Hall Lane

    BCT · Little Wigborough

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 019B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,266 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
2
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 £520,000 from 5 recorded sales in CO5 7RJ. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 3.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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