GORING ROAD, CO4 0BZ House Prices & Local Information

CO4 0BZ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Goring Road, 1.0km from Parson's Heath in Colchester. Administratively it sits within St Anne's and St John's ward and the Colchester constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CO4 0BZ is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 31 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 54% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 41 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £245k, up 12.6% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CO4 0BZ are sourced from Output Area E00110249 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.