CO5 9EZ

Marks Tey and Layer · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO6 1HA 708 m
CO5 9HA 816 m
CO5 9EX 817 m
CO5 9HL 1.1 km
CO5 9HN 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO5 9EZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO5
Postcode sector
CO5 9
Latitude
51.857721
Longitude
0.760730
British National Grid easting
590,209
British National Grid northing
221,283

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Parish or community
E04003983
Westminster constituency
Witham · E14001590
Output area
E00109992
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 010G · E01035160
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 010 · E02004515

Postcode source versions

Explore CO5

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Flispes, Easthorpe Road, Easthorpe, Colchester, CO5 9EZ 26 September 2014 £742,000
Church View House, Easthorpe Road, Easthorpe, Colchester, CO5 9EZ 23 August 2002 £425,000
Church View House, Easthorpe Road, Easthorpe, Colchester, CO5 9EZ 5 October 1998 £345,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  2. Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.9 km
  3. Messing Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 7
  • Other theft 3
  • Drugs 2
  • Public order 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

11 female, 8 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.2
CO5 9 residents
6,562

Age bands in CO5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,054 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

673 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

1,415 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

1,957 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

1,479 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO5 9 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+
42.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Well Ln

    BCT · Easthorpe

    0.7 miles
  • Well Ln

    BCT · Easthorpe

    0.7 miles
  • Wellside

    BCT · Marks Tey

    1.3 miles
  • Wellside

    BCT · Marks Tey

    1.3 miles
  • Domsey Bank

    BCT · Marks Tey

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 010G, 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

24,013 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 7 events.

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