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Monkwick

7,055 people · median £290,000 · Colchester

High wellbeingMore affordable than most
Colchester Council · Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition   30/51 seats · 59% · OCD 2026
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What does it cost? This neighbourhood

dearestcheapest
£290,000 median 6th cheapest of 19 neighbourhoods
among 19 neighbourhoods in Colchester

A typical home here sells for £290,000, up 19.7% over five years. That's about 8.4× local earnings — around the 9.4× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 26 sales
£118k£172k£226k£281k£335k201120182026 YTD2016 +13%£313,750
Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£290,000
5-year change+19.7%
Full history since 1995
£16k£98k£181k£263k£346k199520102026 YTD2002 +24%−10%£313,750
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Detached
£320k
Semi-detached
£289k
Terraced
£280k
Flat
£139k
Typical home price compared with annual local pay8.4× · five-year average 9.4×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Colchester16.8%

Of the homes across Colchester that sold again within five years, 16.8% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than East of England (17.5%).

By property type
Detached houses0%
Semi-detached houses3.3%
Terraced houses1.9%
Flats19%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new23%
Bought second-hand14.2%
Overall
Typical resale gain+16% · ~6.8-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (1,055 resale pairs) across Colchester — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership66%

Owned outright
31%
With a mortgage
36%
Private rented
13%
Social rented
20%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,241

Colchester City Council£231
Essex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,642
Police & Crime Commissioner£275
Fire & Rescue£93
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,494
Band B£1,743
Band C£1,992
Band D (baseline)£2,241
Band E£2,739
Band F£3,237
Band G£3,735
Band H£4,482
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

£2,717 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare. The median across districts Acreright covers is £3,803.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by street in Monkwick 60 streets — this neighbourhood, broken down

StreetMedian priceSales5-year change
Mersea Road£185,000231+13.5%
Adelaide Drive£130,000206+16.8%
Holt Drive£131,250178+20.4%
Monkwick Avenue£144,250164+28.4%
Queen Elizabeth Way£134,000145-4.5%
Queensland Drive£149,000138+27.6%
Hooper Avenue£184,995122+35.4%
The Willows£153,250114+20.8%
Median & 5-year change use residential sales only (category-A, type D/S/T/F); the 5-year change compares the last 24 months vs the 24 months five years earlier. Each street’s sales recorded inside this area since 1995 — click a street → its full sold-price page · HM Land Registry Price Paid

Neighbourhood prices in Colchester how Monkwick compares · from Colchester

Fastest 5-yr growth: Shrub End +36.5%
NeighbourhoodMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Shrub End£292,000+36.5%345
West Mersea£452,000+29.9%333
Hythe£215,500+27.3%294
St John's£325,000+27.2%249
Myland£295,000+24%345
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Monkwick — sold prices

Filters
AddressTypeBedsEPCPriceDate
243 sales in 12 months — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
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