Schools
44 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Rayleigh Primary School is the nearest published school at 901 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS6 7XY
Wheatley · Rochford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Wheatley
- Local authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Postcode district
- SS6
- Postcode sector
- SS6 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS6 7XY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1986
- Terminated
- 1 December 1995
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS6
- Postcode sector
- SS6 7
- Latitude
- 51.577265
- Longitude
- 0.603552
- British National Grid easting
- 580,500
- British National Grid northing
- 189,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Rochford · E07000075
- Electoral ward
- Wheatley · E05010856
- Parish or community
- E04004087
- Westminster constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford · E14001437
- Output area
- E00111571
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochford 009E · E01021965
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochford 009 · E02004571
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SS6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 44
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 7
- 901 m
Rayleigh Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
The Deanes
Academy sponsor led
- 1.2 km
Wyburns Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,237
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 540
- Shoplifting 143
- Anti social behaviour 96
- Criminal damage and arson 93
- Vehicle crime 76
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS6 7 residents
- 7,502
Age bands in SS6 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 26.5%
1,154 residents
711 residents
1,506 residents
2,019 residents
1,939 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.
GP practices
17
within 5 km straight-line
AUDLEY MILLS SURGERY
57 EASTWOOD ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 7JF
ODS code F81123
894 m
GRACE HOUSE SURGERY
85 HART ROAD, THUNDERSLEY, BENFLEET, SS7 3PR
ODS code F81032
1.7 km
WILLIAM HARVEY SURGERY
83 LONDON ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9HR
ODS code F81065
1.8 km
THE HOLLIES
41 RECTORY ROAD, HADLEIGH, BENFLEET, SS7 2NA
ODS code F81075
2.5 km
DOWNHALL PARK SURGERY
49 RAWRETH LANE, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9QD
ODS code F81704
2.8 km
BENFLEET SURGERY
12 CONSTITUTION HILL, BENFLEET, SS7 1ED
ODS code F81713
3.8 km
DR KHAN & PARTNERS
RUSHBOTTOM LANE SURGERY, 91 RUSHBOTTOM LANE, BENFLEET, SS7 4EA
ODS code F81001
3.9 km
ST GEORGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
91 RUSHBOTTOM LANE, BENFLEET, SS7 4EA
ODS code F81142
3.9 km
HIGHLANDS SURGERY
1629-1643 LONDON ROAD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 2SQ
ODS code F81112
4.0 km
HIGH ROAD FAMILY DOCTORS
119 HIGH ROAD, BENFLEET, SS7 5LN
ODS code F81618
4.2 km
THE LEIGH SURGERY
194 ELMSLEIGH DRIVE, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 4JQ
ODS code F81696
4.4 km
ESSEX WAY SURGERY
34 ESSEX WAY, BENFLEET, SS7 1LT
ODS code F81101
4.4 km
DR KRISHNAN & PTNR - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81046
4.5 km
DR MALIK - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH RD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81223
4.5 km
EASTWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81128
4.5 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
THE JONES FAMILY PRACTICE, 55 SOUTHEND ROAD, HOCKLEY, SS5 4PZ
ODS code F81125
4.5 km
SCOTT PARK SURGERY
205 WESTERN APPROACHES, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6XY
ODS code F81744
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
The Weir
BCT · Rayleigh
- 0.2 miles
The Weir
BCT · Rayleigh
- 0.2 miles
Sainsburys Store
BCT · Thundersley
- 0.2 miles
Sainsburys Store
BCT · Thundersley
- 0.3 miles
Great Wheatley Road
BCT · Rayleigh
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochford 009E, 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
31,798 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,237 published events cover 12 months, averaging 103.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 540 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.