Mile End South

Colchester · East of England · population 7,580 · 5 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,657 of 6,856 in England
  • #221 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 21 in Colchester
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,522
Median age (est.)34
Density3,059per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above46%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 38%45–64 23%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 12%Other: 13%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 12%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 76%Asian: 13%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 76%Asian 13%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 42% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 26%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Mile End South is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,657 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 21 in Colchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (90) and lowest on Crime (40). Typical homes here sold for about £290,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 94 sales), 12% below the wider Colchester median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,794 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 114 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,603
Employment 78 · #1,540
Education 90 · #711
Health 54 · #3,131
Crime 40 · #4,118
Housing & access 61 · #2,692
Living environment 70 · #2,027

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,000940.0%+11.5%
Detached£440,000150.0%+12.8%
Semi-detached£340,00026-0.6%+25.9%
Terraced£298,00022+6.4%+24.2%
Flat£180,00031-2.7%+8.4%
This area£290,000
Colchester£330,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£53,794±£7,665 · #589 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,840
Price-to-income ?5.4×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

114 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 863 offences
Colchester86
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,316 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences472
Theft178
Burglary12
Vehicle crime36
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons66
Drugs6
Robbery8
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 63 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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