Wivenhoe & University

Colchester · East of England · population 8,803 · 5 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Wivenhoe & University is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #834 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 21 in Colchester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (93) but weak on Housing & access (24). Typical homes here sold for about £321,250 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 128 sales), in line with the wider Colchester median of £330,000.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 88 · #786
Employment 93 · #505
Education 84 · #1,088
Health 79 · #1,431
Crime 80 · #1,342
Housing & access 24 · #5,194
Living environment 73 · #1,863

House prices ?

£321,250median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=128
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£321,250128-1.2%+10.8%
Detached£380,00039-10.6%+9.8%
Semi-detached£300,00047-0.8%+9.1%
Terraced£272,00028-9.3%+1.2%
Flat£237,50014+17.4%+19.5%
This area£321,250
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 ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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