Property market
The five-year median is £470,000 from 1,309 recorded sales in IG7. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Epping Forest is £536,765 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.
IG7
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 649
- Current units
- 499
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England, London
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 150
Postcode sectors in IG7
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
10,276 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 174, Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PZ | 17 July 2026 | £950,000 |
| 325, Manford Way, Chigwell, IG7 4AF | 10 July 2026 | £400,000 |
| Chigwell Grange, 30, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BF | 10 July 2026 | £1,425,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 6
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,552
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 633
- Vehicle crime 198
- Anti social behaviour 137
- Criminal damage and arson 120
- Public order 119
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- IG7 usual residents
- 23,633
- Age-profile population
- 23,474
Age bands in IG7
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- 4,654 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- 2,505 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.7%
- 6,964 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.2%
- 5,679 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 15.6%
- 3,672 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 488 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 472 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 389 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
THE FOREST EDGE PRACTICE
HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF
ODS code F86007
THE WILLOWS & DRIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF
ODS code F86057
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,552 published events cover 12 months, averaging 129 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 633 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.