6,958
Households
White Brit. · 95%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
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Crimes
£272,833
Median property price
241
Postcodes
Overview of Brightlingsea
Coordinates51.8137, 1.0254
Postcodes
241
Population (Census)
8,690
Households (Census)
6,958
Recorded crime
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Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Brightlingsea
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.45 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.45 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Brightlingsea
Property sales · Brightlingsea
HM Land Registry · Brightlingsea
Average price
£274,517
YoY: -2.2%
Median price: £270,268
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 2 sales · avg £340,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£340k£279k£218k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Demographics in Brightlingsea
Ethnicity
White Brit.94.9%
Other White1.8%
+ other · 3.3%
Religion
No religion46.8%
Christian46.1%
Not answered5.7%
+ other · 1.4%
Age groups
50–6421.9%
35–4916.6%
65–7414.2%
75–8410.1%
25–349.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.7%
Households
Lone parent family: With dependent children57.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent9.3%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.4%
Cohabiting couple family: All children non-dependent7.0%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children6.0%
+ 4 other households · 11.9%
Schools in Brightlingsea
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery
Essex · CO7 0HU
Good
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Colne Community School
Essex · CO7 0QL
Good
0.5 mi
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Brightlingsea
Postcodes in Brightlingsea
CO7 0AACO7 0ABCO7 0AECO7 0AGCO7 0AJCO7 0ALCO7 0ANCO7 0APCO7 0AQCO7 0ARCO7 0AWCO7 0AXCO7 0AYCO7 0AZCO7 0BACO7 0BDCO7 0BECO7 0BGCO7 0BHCO7 0BLCO7 0BPCO7 0BTCO7 0BXCO7 0BYCO7 0BZCO7 0DACO7 0DBCO7 0DDCO7 0DFCO7 0DGCO7 0DHCO7 0DJCO7 0DLCO7 0DNCO7 0DPCO7 0DRCO7 0DSCO7 0DTCO7 0DUCO7 0DWCO7 0DYCO7 0DZCO7 0EACO7 0EBCO7 0EGCO7 0EHCO7 0EJCO7 0ELCO7 0ENCO7 0EPCO7 0EQCO7 0ERCO7 0ESCO7 0ETCO7 0EUCO7 0EXCO7 0EYCO7 0EZCO7 0FACO7 0FDCO7 0FECO7 0FFCO7 0FGCO7 0FHCO7 0FJCO7 0FLCO7 0FNCO7 0FPCO7 0FQCO7 0FRCO7 0FSCO7 0FTCO7 0FUCO7 0FWCO7 0FXCO7 0FYCO7 0FZCO7 0GACO7 0GBCO7 0GDCO7 0GECO7 0GFCO7 0GGCO7 0GHCO7 0GJCO7 0GYCO7 0GZCO7 0HACO7 0HBCO7 0HDCO7 0HECO7 0HFCO7 0HGCO7 0HHCO7 0HJCO7 0HNCO7 0HPCO7 0HTCO7 0HUCO7 0HXCO7 0HYCO7 0HZCO7 0JACO7 0JBCO7 0JDCO7 0JECO7 0JFCO7 0JGCO7 0JHCO7 0JJCO7 0JLCO7 0JNCO7 0JPCO7 0JQCO7 0JRCO7 0JSCO7 0JTCO7 0JUCO7 0JWCO7 0JX