Postcode sector

Sector CO2 8 house prices

Old Heath & Rowhedge · Colchester · district CO2 · 311 postcodes

Median £3,440 per m² over 316 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 5.1% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£3,440/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−5.1%
Sales, 24 months316with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,520/m² to £1,710/m²: 5 sales£1,710/m² to £1,900/m²: 4 sales£1,900/m² to £2,100/m²: 5 sales£2,100/m² to £2,290/m²: 6 sales£2,290/m² to £2,480/m²: 12 sales£2,480/m² to £2,670/m²: 15 sales£2,670/m² to £2,860/m²: 23 sales£2,860/m² to £3,050/m²: 22 sales£3,050/m² to £3,240/m²: 24 sales£3,240/m² to £3,430/m²: 42 sales£3,430/m² to £3,630/m²: 41 sales£3,630/m² to £3,820/m²: 41 sales£3,820/m² to £4,010/m²: 24 sales£4,010/m² to £4,200/m²: 19 sales£4,200/m² to £4,390/m²: 11 sales£4,390/m² to £4,580/m²: 5 sales£4,580/m² to £4,770/m²: 6 sales£4,770/m² to £4,970/m²: 4 sales£4,970/m² to £5,160/m²: 3 sales£5,160/m² to £5,350/m²: 4 salesCO2 8CO2£1k£2k£3k£4k£5k£6k
CO2 8
£3,440/m² middle · £2,960–£3,800/m² middle half · 316 sales
District CO2
£3,560/m² middle · £3,130–£4,030/m² middle half · 921 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025CO2 8, 2026: 102CO2, 2026: 109Colchester houses, 2026: 111
  • CO2 8
  • CO2
  • Colchester houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverCO2 8District CO2
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−5.1%−1.9%−5.7%−2.5%
5 years−2.7%+2.2%−2.4%+2.5%
10 years0.0%+3.4%−0.2%+3.2%
20 years−0.7%+2.1%−0.3%+2.5%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£2,000–£8,000/m²
  1. RM14 3Upminster South & Corbets Tey£5,320–£6,530/m²
  2. CO2 0Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East£3,500–£4,610/m²
  3. CO7 9Wivenhoe & University£3,440–£4,670/m²
  4. CO2 9Shrub End£3,370–£4,350/m²
  5. ME3 9Hoo Peninsula£3,430–£4,330/m²
  6. CO5 7Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East£3,350–£4,240/m²
  7. CO2 8Old Heath & Rowhedge£2,960–£3,800/m²
  8. CO2 7New Town & Hythe£3,040–£3,780/m²
  9. CO1 2New Town & Hythe£2,880–£3,700/m²
  10. CO4 3Greenstead£2,840–£3,970/m²

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Old Heath Road4784 m²£3,480/m²
Lethe Grove3076 m²£2,730/m²
Friday Wood Green2856 m²£3,970/m²
Mersea Road2486 m²£3,900/m²
Adelaide Drive2372 m²£3,590/m²
Albany Gardens2160 m²£2,480/m²
Cavendish Avenue2174 m²£3,730/m²
Queensland Drive2183 m²£3,510/m²
Monkwick Avenue2080 m²£3,470/m²
Quayside Drive1951 m²£2,900/m²
Caelum Drive1863 m²£2,770/m²
Mountbatten Drive14104 m²£3,740/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.