5,668
Households
White Brit. · 68%
Ethnicity
No religion · 46%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
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Crimes
£240,200
Median property price
297
Postcodes
Overview of Greenstead
Coordinates51.8893, 0.9358
Postcodes
297
Population (Census)
14,675
Households (Census)
5,668
Recorded crime
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Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Greenstead
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.19 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.19 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Greenstead
Property sales · Greenstead
HM Land Registry · Greenstead
Average price
£250,205
YoY: +1.2%
Median price: £245,875
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 5 sales · avg £267,999
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£318k£260k£202k
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 Greenstead
Ethnicity
White Brit.67.6%
Other White9.3%
African6.1%
Chinese2.7%
Other Asian2.3%
+ 4 other groups · 12.0%
Religion
No religion46.0%
Christian38.7%
Not answered8.2%
Muslim4.1%
Hindu1.1%
+ other · 2.0%
Age groups
20–2421.7%
35–4915.0%
50–6413.9%
25–3413.3%
16–197.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.5%
Households
Other20.4%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over13.4%
Any member 66+11.1%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children8.7%
+ 8 other households · 36.9%
Schools in Greenstead
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Colchester Academy
Essex · CO4 3JL
Good
0.3 mi
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16
Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery
Essex · CO4 3JP
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–7
Hazelmere Junior School
Essex · CO4 3JP
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11
Unity Primary Academy
Essex · CO4 3QJ
Requires improvement
0.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Greenstead
Postcodes in Greenstead
CO1 2GFCO1 2NWCO1 2SFCO1 2SGCO1 2SHCO1 2SJCO1 2SLCO1 2SNCO1 2SPCO1 2SQCO1 2STCO1 2SUCO1 2SWCO1 2SXCO1 2SYCO1 2SZCO1 2TACO1 2TBCO1 2TECO1 2TLCO1 2WFCO1 2WGCO1 2XACO1 2XDCO1 2XECO1 2XFCO1 2XHCO1 2XLCO2 8FNCO2 8FPCO2 8FRCO2 8FXCO2 8GECO2 8GLCO2 8GNCO2 8GQCO2 8GTCO2 8GYCO2 8JTCO2 8JXCO2 8JYCO2 8JZCO2 8LECO2 8LGCO2 8LHCO2 8XYCO2 8XZCO2 8YPCO2 8YQCO2 8YRCO2 8YSCO2 8YZCO2 8ZACO2 8ZBCO2 8ZDCO4 3AACO4 3ABCO4 3AECO4 3AGCO4 3AJCO4 3ALCO4 3ANCO4 3AQCO4 3AWCO4 3BECO4 3BHCO4 3BLCO4 3BNCO4 3BPCO4 3BWCO4 3DNCO4 3DWCO4 3EJCO4 3ELCO4 3ENCO4 3EWCO4 3FBCO4 3FDCO4 3FECO4 3FFCO4 3FGCO4 3FHCO4 3FJCO4 3FLCO4 3FNCO4 3FPCO4 3FQCO4 3FRCO4 3FSCO4 3FTCO4 3FWCO4 3FXCO4 3FYCO4 3GACO4 3GECO4 3GFCO4 3GGCO4 3GHCO4 3GQCO4 3GWCO4 3GXCO4 3HLCO4 3HNCO4 3HRCO4 3HUCO4 3JFCO4 3JGCO4 3JHCO4 3JLCO4 3JNCO4 3JPCO4 3JRCO4 3JSCO4 3JTCO4 3JUCO4 3JWCO4 3JXCO4 3JZCO4 3LACO4 3LB