MID COLNE, SS16 4DQ House Prices & Local Information

SS16 4DQ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Mid Colne, 0.6km from Vange in Basildon. Administratively it sits within Vange ward and the South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SS16 4DQ is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a self-employed tradespeople in multicultural metro suburbs zone — ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. The 30 average age reflects a thriving young professional community — a good mix of renters and first-time buyers, with strong employment rates. 67% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 23% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 56 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £217k. 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 SS16 4DQ are sourced from Output Area E00108326 (shared with 9 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.