10 important facts
Area insights about Colchester, local authority district
Income
View allView income on mapIncludes low-income areas, areas of average wealth and wealthy areas 2/10 - 7/10
Deprivation
View allView deprivation domainsComposed of non-deprived areas by 50%
Professional occupations
View allView full breakdown & mapAverage % of managerial, administrative, and professional occupations 5/10
Residents with degrees
View allView full breakdown & mapLow % of residents are degree-educated or similar 4/10
Low crime rate 4/10
Demographics
View allView full breakdown & map- Main ethnic group
- White British 81%
- Main religion
- Christian 44%
- Main age band
- Aged 20 to 39 27%
- Main household type
- People living alone 29%
Colchester (LAD)
Average for East of England
Noise
View allView noise on map- 12.1% of the area is affected by Traffic noise
Transport
View allView connectivity mapThe area is served by the transport links:
- National Rail
- Greater Anglia
Outside London, only National Rail stations are included
83 mainstream schools
- Outstanding: 8 schools or 10%
- Good: 61 schools or 73%
- Primary schools: 67 (5 Outstanding, 50 Good)
- Secondary schools: 15 (2 Outstanding, 9 Good)
- State-funded: 74 schools or 89%
- Private: 4 schools or 5%
Flood risk
View allView flood riskContains areas that are at risk of flood
