Around average
IMD England
—
Crime
£142,000
Median property price
—
Annual change
East of England
Region
Live
Status
Coordinates & Location for CO2 8GE
Postcode
CO2 8GE
Coordinates
51.8794, 0.9312
Grid reference
TM018241
Easting
601,852
Northing
224,147
Region
East of England
Plus Code
9F32VWHJ+PF
User Type
Small user postcode
Grid Quality
Quality indicator 1 (highest positional precision)
Built Up Area
Colchester
Travel to Work
Colchester
ITL Region
Colchester
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
18696
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 18696 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Property sales (Land Registry)
Property sales · CO2 8GE
HM Land Registry · Colchester
Average price
£142,333
YoY: not enough sales in one or both windows
Median price: £142,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '23 – Oct '25Oct '25: 1 sales · avg £120,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£165k£143k£120k
Jul '23Dec '23Oct '25
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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(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
White Brit.33.1%
Other White16.2%
African14.2%
Chinese10.7%
Indian4.0%
+ 9 other groups · 21.8%
Religion
No religion42.9%
Christian33.1%
Not answered10.1%
Muslim8.0%
Hindu2.9%
+ 2 other religions · 3.0%
Age groups
20–2447.8%
25–3418.0%
16–1917.2%
35–496.7%
50–643.8%
+ 3 other age groups · 6.5%
Households
Other32.5%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over27.4%
Cohabiting couple family: No children15.4%
Other single family household: Other family composition6.3%
Lone parent family: With dependent children5.5%
+ 5 other households · 12.9%
Administrative Information
Colchester
Local Authority
Council AreaColchester E14001176
Constituency
E14001176Essex
Police Force
Scotland-wide
Ward
Greenstead
Constituency code
E14001176
EU Electoral Region
Eastern
Parish
Colchester, unparished area
International Territorial Level
Colchester
Health & NHS
East of England
Health Authority
Serving Essex
NHS ScotlandEast of England
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
East of England
NHS Region
East of England
Integrated Care Board
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
North East Essex
Sub ICB Location
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB - 06T
Cancer Alliance
East of England
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Colchester 008G E01033719
E01033719MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Colchester 008 E02004513
E02004513LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Colchester 008G E01033719
E01033719MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Colchester 008 E02004513
E02004513Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban city and town C1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
3:49 AM
Sunrise
8:13 PM
Sunset
10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
3:49 AM
Sunset (today)
8:13 PM
Daylight duration
10 hours 28 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
May 2005
First Introduced
Active fromNot terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated~21 years
Active Duration
2005 -> PresentMay 2005 — Introduced
Postcode CO2 8GE introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban city and town C1. IMD England rank: 18696
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01033719 and MSOA E02004513 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode CO2 8GE is currently active and in use.
First introduced
May 2005
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~21 years
Last updated
2026-02-01
Current status
Live
Schools near CO2 8GE
Open state schools within 2 km of this postcode, ranked by distance.
Kendall Church of England Primary School
Essex · CO1 2HH
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Old Heath Community Primary School
Essex · CO2 8DD
Good
0.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Unity Primary Academy
Essex · CO4 3QJ
Requires improvement
0.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
St. George's School
Essex · CO2 7RU
Good
1.0 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Hazelmere Junior School
Essex · CO4 3JP
Good
1.0 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11
Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery
Essex · CO4 3JP
Good
1.0 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–7
Colchester Academy
Essex · CO4 3JL
Good
1.1 mi
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester
Essex · CO1 2QB
Outstanding
1.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
St James the Great Church of England Primary School
Essex · CO1 2RA
Good
1.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
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