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CO6 5AE

Brett Vale · Babergh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colchester
Ward
Brett Vale
Local authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CO6 5AB 340 m
CO6 5AD 509 m
CO6 4RL 550 m
CO6 4SD 617 m
CO6 4RN 632 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CO6 5AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CO
Postcode district
CO6
Postcode sector
CO6 5
Latitude
51.997686
Longitude
0.891055
British National Grid easting
598,563
British National Grid northing
237,194

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Babergh · E07000200
Electoral ward
Brett Vale · E05012568
Parish or community
E04009116
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152384
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 009C · E01029902
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 009 · E02006235

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Old Rectory, Rectory Hill, Polstead, Colchester, CO6 5AE 22 July 2025 £475,000
The Old Rectory, Rectory Hill, Polstead, Colchester, CO6 5AE 1 February 2023 £3,875,000
The Old Rectory, Rectory Hill, Polstead, Colchester, CO6 5AE 29 November 2018 £2,850,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
0

  1. OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus

    Other independent school

    661 m

  2. Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    794 m

  3. Nayland Primary School

    Community school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Other theft 4
  • Public order 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
CO6 5 residents
700

Age bands in CO6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

112 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

79 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.4%

141 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.4%

296 residents

Age 65 and over
27.1%

233 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CO6 5 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+
11.1%
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

  • Middle School

    BCT · Stoke-by-Nayland

    0.4 miles

  • Middle School

    BCT · Stoke-by-Nayland

    0.4 miles

  • Middle School

    BCT · Stoke-by-Nayland

    0.4 miles

  • The Blundens

    BCT · Stoke-by-Nayland

    0.4 miles

  • The Blundens

    BCT · Stoke-by-Nayland

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 009C, 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

19,816 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £2,175,000 from 2 recorded sales in CO6 5AE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Babergh is £328,612 in June 2026, up 1.9% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus is the nearest published school at 661 m.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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