WADDESDON ROAD, CO12 3BA House Prices & Local Information

CO12 3BA is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Waddesdon Road, 0.5km from Bath Side in Harwich. Administratively it sits within Harwich & Kingsway ward and the Harwich and North Essex constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — residents in this subgroup are typically single or divorced eu-born migrants who live alone. many are aged 25 to 44 and are employed in sales and customer service occupations or are process, plant and machine operatives. a higher than group average proportion identify with the white ethnic group or other asian ethnicities, and many do not speak english very well or well. housing is principally in flats in the social or private rented sector, with households typically overcrowded, and home ownership rare. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a non-metropolitan suburban areas zone — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. The 33 average age reflects a thriving young professional community — a good mix of renters and first-time buyers, with strong employment rates. 76% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 95 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: With prices averaging £155k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. 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 CO12 3BA are sourced from Output Area E00111751 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.