Abbey Field

Colchester · East of England · population 8,081 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

84Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Abbey Field is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,061 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 21 in Colchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (95) and lowest on Living environment (46). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 106 sales), 6% above the wider Colchester median of £330,000.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 71 · #1,965
Employment 83 · #1,184
Education 89 · #738
Health 68 · #2,164
Crime 59 · #2,836
Housing & access 95 · #355
Living environment 46 · #3,679

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000106+6.1%+16.7%
Detached£777,50019+42.0%+19.8%
Semi-detached£375,00040-7.4%+6.4%
Terraced£315,00019+16.5%+31.2%
Flat£203,50028+7.7%+19.4%
This area£350,000
Colchester£330,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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