Stanway

Colchester · East of England · population 9,911 · 5 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,034 of 6,856 in England
  • #271 of 746 in East of England
  • #9 of 21 in Colchester
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,611
Median age (est.)42
Density1,055per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above29%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 25%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 11%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Stanway is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,034 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 21 in Colchester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (84) and lowest on Crime (53). Typical homes here sold for about £345,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 141 sales), in line with the wider Colchester median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,815 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 64 · #2,486
Employment 64 · #2,486
Education 60 · #2,740
Health 54 · #3,151
Crime 53 · #3,227
Housing & access 53 · #3,206
Living environment 84 · #1,102

House prices ?

£345,000median (12m) · -7.3% yr · n=141
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£345,000141-7.3%+10.9%
Detached£437,50054+4.2%+26.1%
Semi-detached£320,00050-6.4%+12.9%
Terraced£280,00025-3.4%+16.7%
Flat£175,50012-3.6%+21.5%
This area£345,000
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)£43,815±£6,154 · #2,362 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,502
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 688 offences
Colchester86
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,502 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences327
Theft139
Burglary29
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons53
Drugs10
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 104 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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