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CO5 8GB

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO5 8RB 51 m
CO5 8SQ 56 m
CO5 8EA 84 m
CO5 8SR 103 m
CO5 8RA 135 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 8GB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
1 December 1997
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 8
Latitude
51.779516
Longitude
0.919446
British National Grid easting
601,485
British National Grid northing
213,014

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
E04004009
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110402
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 021A · E01021731
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 021 · E02004526

Postcode source versions

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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

    299 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
333
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 160
  • Criminal damage and arson 38
  • Anti social behaviour 32
  • Other theft 28
  • Public order 28

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 straight-line

  • WEST MERSEA SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81012

    135 m

Nearby transport

  • Elmwood Drive

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.0 miles

  • Barfield Rd

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.1 miles

  • The Fountain

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.1 miles

  • Melrose Rd

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.1 miles

  • The Fountain

    BCT · West Mersea

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 021A, 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

25,238 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mersea Island School is the nearest published school at 299 m.

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

Recorded crime

333 published events cover 12 months, averaging 27.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 160 events.

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