Property market
The five-year median is £425,000 from 1,974 recorded sales in SS5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Rochford is £415,574 in June 2026, up 6.2% year on year.
SS5
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 789
- Current units
- 545
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 244
Postcode sectors in SS5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,873 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 139, Lower Road, Hullbridge, Hockley, SS5 6DA | 17 July 2026 | £330,000 |
| 70, Abbey Road, Hullbridge, Hockley, SS5 6DJ | 13 July 2026 | £350,000 |
| 9, Mey Walk, Hockley, SS5 4UG | 13 July 2026 | £275,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 4
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 782
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 368
- Anti social behaviour 89
- Shoplifting 56
- Public order 56
- Criminal damage and arson 55
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SS5 usual residents
- 22,280
- Age-profile population
- 22,175
Age bands in SS5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.9%
- 3,311 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- 2,171 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.1%
- 4,461 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.8%
- 6,383 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 26.4%
- 5,849 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 535 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, 513 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 410 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
3
in this district
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
THE JONES FAMILY PRACTICE, 55 SOUTHEND ROAD, HOCKLEY, SS5 4PZ
ODS code F81125
CONNER & PARTNERS
175 FERRY ROAD, HULLBRIDGE, HOCKLEY, SS5 6JH
ODS code F81061
THE GREENSWARD SURGERY
GREENSWARD LANE, HOCKLEY, SS5 5HQ
ODS code F81066
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
782 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 368 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.