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SS5 5AY

Hockley and Ashingdon · Rochford · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Hockley
Ward
Hockley and Ashingdon
Local authority
Rochford
Constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford
Postcode district
SS5
Postcode sector
SS5 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SS5 5AX 77 m
SS5 5AU 108 m
SS5 5NZ 121 m
SS5 5PL 154 m
SS5 5BF 229 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SS5 5AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SS
Postcode district
SS5
Postcode sector
SS5 5
Latitude
51.611453
Longitude
0.657597
British National Grid easting
584,106
British National Grid northing
193,636

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Rochford · E07000075
Electoral ward
Hockley and Ashingdon · E05010849
Parish or community
E04004080
Westminster constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford · E14001437
Output area
E00111442
Lower layer super output area
Rochford 011A · E01021940
Middle layer super output area
Rochford 011 · E02006980

Postcode source versions

Explore SS5

Property

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17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Appleyard Avenue, Hockley, SS5 5AY 15 November 2022 £420,000
6, Appleyard Avenue, Hockley, SS5 5AY 3 November 2022 £386,250
6, Appleyard Avenue, Hockley, SS5 5AY 1 May 2020 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
23
Secondary
5

  1. Lift Plumberow

    Academy converter

    425 m

  2. Lift Greensward

    Academy sponsor led

    761 m

  3. Lift Hockley

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
367
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 141
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Public order 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 34
  • Other theft 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
70

39 female, 31 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
2.2
SS5 5 residents
5,738

Age bands in SS5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

786 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

518 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

1,068 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

1,653 residents

Age 65 and over
27.4%

1,520 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SS5 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+
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.

GP practices

10

within 5 km

  • THE GREENSWARD SURGERY

    GREENSWARD LANE, HOCKLEY, SS5 5HQ

    ODS code F81066

    886 m

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    THE JONES FAMILY PRACTICE, 55 SOUTHEND ROAD, HOCKLEY, SS5 4PZ

    ODS code F81125

    1.2 km

  • ASHINGDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 LASCELLES GARDENS, ASHINGDON, ROCHFORD, SS4 3BW

    ODS code F81690

    2.6 km

  • CONNER & PARTNERS

    175 FERRY ROAD, HULLBRIDGE, HOCKLEY, SS5 6JH

    ODS code F81061

    3.4 km

  • THE PRACTICE LEECON WAY

    1 LEECON WAY, ASHINGTON GARDENS, ROCHFORD, SS4 1TU

    ODS code F81675

    3.8 km

  • DOWNHALL PARK SURGERY

    49 RAWRETH LANE, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9QD

    ODS code F81704

    3.8 km

  • SCOTT PARK SURGERY

    205 WESTERN APPROACHES, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6XY

    ODS code F81744

    4.6 km

  • AUDLEY MILLS SURGERY

    57 EASTWOOD ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 7JF

    ODS code F81123

    4.6 km

  • WILLIAM HARVEY SURGERY

    83 LONDON ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9HR

    ODS code F81065

    4.6 km

  • DR PUZEY,DR KOTHARI AND DR NANDA

    THE PUZEY FAMILY PRACTICE, SOUTHWELL HOUSE, BACK LANE, ROCHFORD, SS4 1AY

    ODS code F81007

    4.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Plumberow Avenue

    BCT · Hockley

    0.1 miles

  • Orchard Avenue

    BCT · Hockley

    0.1 miles

  • Greensward School

    BCT · Hockley

    0.5 miles

  • Greensward School

    BCT · Hockley

    0.5 miles

  • Plumberow Ave

    BCT · Hockley

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochford 011A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,585 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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
4
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 £403,125 from 2 recorded sales in SS5 5AY. 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.

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Lift Plumberow is the nearest published school at 425 m.

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

Recorded crime

367 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 141 events.

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