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Living in Colchester, Essex

Thinking of moving to Colchester? Our area guide covers everything you need to know about living in Colchester, Essex - from school ratings and house prices to broadband speeds and local amenities.

7 Schools good or betterThe number of nearby schools rated Ofsted "Good" or "Outstanding" (grades 1 and 2). Straight-line distance, not catchment.
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House prices and local earnings

Homes in Colchester cost 8.44 times median annual earnings for people working there (2025).

  • Across England: 7.63 times (2025)
  • Colchester a year earlier: 8.64 times (2024)

What this measures: the median price paid for homes in Colchester over the 12 months to September 2025, divided by the median gross annual pay of full-time employees who work in Colchester, wherever they live. That is what "workplace-based" means - it is about jobs in the area, not the earnings of people who live there. Earnings come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (April 2025). A higher ratio means homes are less affordable for people working locally. The latest year uses provisional earnings, which ONS revises the following year. This is a council-area figure, not a valuation of any home.

Source: Office for National Statistics, House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Last reviewed 20 October 2026.

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Local democracy

Local administration around Colchester

Colchester Borough Council Local council
Colchester Parliamentary constituency
Pam Cox Member of Parliament
Castle Ward

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Recent sold prices near Colchester (postcode sector CO3 3)

AddressPriceTypeDate
18, PAPILLON ROAD £387,500 Terraced Sep 2026
126, ROTARY WAY £173,000 Flat Sep 2026
62, MANOR ROAD £317,500 Terraced Sep 2026
23, ALEXANDRA ROAD £195,000 Terraced Sep 2026
38, CAMBRIDGE ROAD £470,000 Semi-detached Sep 2026
43, ST MARYS FIELDS £385,000 Terraced Aug 2026
10, ASHLEY GARDENS £830,000 Detached Aug 2026
39, HENRY LAVER COURT £168,000 Flat Aug 2026
36, SALISBURY AVENUE £525,000 Terraced Aug 2026
49, HENRY LAVER COURT £182,500 Flat Aug 2026

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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On Domovita, Colchester covers postcodes starting CO1, CO2, CO3 or CO4.

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The free figures on these cards are for CO1 1GY, the postcode with the most HM Land Registry sale records in CO1 over the latest three years of data. You can pick any postcode in Colchester above.

Energy performance

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Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Broadband

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Source: Ofcom.

Mobile coverage

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Source: Ofcom.

Local crime (most recent published month)

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Source: data.police.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Area Deprivation (IMD)

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CO1 1GY: Deprivation decile (1 is the most deprived tenth of England) 6 of 10

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Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG. Open Government Licence v3.0

Flood risk

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Radon and coastal erosion

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Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Radon Potential classification UK Health Security Agency © Crown copyright 2026. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Who lives around here

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Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Nearby schools

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CO1 1GY: Schools within a mile 11

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Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education) and Ofsted. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearest GP surgeries

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Source: NHS England Organisation Data Service (Open Government Licence v3.0)

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Nearest dentists

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Source: NHS England Organisation Data Service (Open Government Licence v3.0)

Planning context

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Transport links

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CO1 1GY: Bus stops within 800 m 23

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Source: NaPTAN, the National Public Transport Access Nodes dataset (Department for Transport). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Supermarkets, hospitals and green space

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CO1 1GY: Green spaces within 1.5 miles 109

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Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Air quality and noise

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CO1 1GY: Modelled annual background NO2 (nitrogen dioxide), 2024 10.4 µg/m³

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© Crown copyright Defra via uk-air.defra.gov.uk, licensed under the Open Government Licence

Things to check, and questions to ask

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Worth a look

Nearby Areas

Ipswich

Suffolk 15.6 miles away

Chelmsford

Essex 21.2 miles away

Southend-on-Sea

Essex 25.4 miles away

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire 39.1 miles away

Canterbury

Kent 43.3 miles away

Ely

Cambridgeshire 43.9 miles away

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