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CO6 3AY

Rural North · Colchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Rural North
Local authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO6 3BD 111 m
CO6 3AX 127 m
CO6 3AF 128 m
CO6 3FD 187 m
CO6 3AD 209 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO6 3AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 3
Latitude
51.948579
Longitude
0.811314
British National Grid easting
593,301
British National Grid northing
231,519

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Colchester · E07000071
Electoral ward
Rural North · E05010838
Parish or community
E04004011
Westminster constituency
Harwich and North Essex · E14001273
Output area
E00110030
Lower layer super output area
Colchester 003A · E01021660
Middle layer super output area
Colchester 003 · E02004508

Postcode source versions

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Property

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18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Chilton Cottages, Wormingford, Colchester, CO6 3AY 18 November 2024 £475,000
12, Chilton Cottages, Wormingford, Colchester, CO6 3AY 29 September 2021 £420,000
2, Chilton Cottages, Wormingford, Colchester, CO6 3AY 11 August 2014 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
0

  1. Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.4 km

  2. Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.7 km

  3. Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Public order 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

16 female, 16 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.7
CO6 3 residents
5,942

Age bands in CO6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

989 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

579 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

1,184 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

1,840 residents

Age 65 and over
26%

1,615 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO6 3 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.

Nearby transport

  • Church Road

    BCT · Wormingford

    0.1 miles

  • Church Road

    BCT · Wormingford

    0.1 miles

  • Hillcroft Farm

    BCT · Wormingford

    0.3 miles

  • Hillcroft Farm

    BCT · Wormingford

    0.3 miles

  • Little Horkesley Road

    BCT · Wormingford

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Colchester 003A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,396 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £447,500 from 2 recorded sales in CO6 3AY. 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 3 events.

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