BARNARDISTON ROAD, CO4 0DS House Prices & Local Information

CO4 0DS is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Barnardiston 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 0DS is a diverse suburb with younger adults and first-time buyers, good starter homes. A balanced community with an average age of 38 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 57% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 40 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £240k, up 10.4% 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 0DS are sourced from Output Area E00110245 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.