CO5 8FZ

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 8FX 49 m
CO5 8FY 69 m
CO5 8GJ 107 m
CO5 8GN 149 m
CO5 8GH 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 8FZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8
Latitude
51.784718
Longitude
0.928686
British National Grid easting
602,099
British National Grid northing
213,618

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04004009
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110392
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 021C · E01021733
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 021 · E02004526

Postcode source versions

Explore CO5

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Shamrock Place, West Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8FZ 14 July 2025 £1,433,336

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Mersea Island School

    Foundation school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
284
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 138
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Other theft 28
  • Public order 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CO5 8 residents
7,515

Age bands in CO5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.2%

841 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

646 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.4%

1,159 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,157 residents

Age 65 and over
36.1%

2,709 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • WEST MERSEA SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81012

    962 m

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

  • Seaview Avenue

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles
  • Seaview Avenue

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles
  • The Fox

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles
  • The Fox

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.2 miles
  • Empress Avenue

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 021C, 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

19,146 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £1,433,336 from 1 recorded sale in CO5 8FZ. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mersea Island School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

284 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 138 events.

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