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West Mersea

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in West Mersea typically sold for £440,000. Half of the 359 sales were between £330k and £593k, against a typical £325,000 across Colchester.

Postcode CO5

All of Colchester
Layer-de-la-Haye, Abberton & Mersea East
West Mersea and the neighbourhoods next to it, in Colchester.Open the map
Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £440k half sold for £330k to £593k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 359 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +22.2% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 17% of sales · 11% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Colchester.

  • Detached £512,500 typical
    Half between £421k and £656k · 236 sales · Colchester £460k
  • Semi-detached £335,000 typical
    Half between £295k and £429k · 66 sales · Colchester £325k
  • Terraced
    Not enough sales (18 in 3 years)
  • Flat £240,000 typical
    Half between £185k and £315k · 39 sales · Colchester £175k

Since 1995

Each year in West Mersea

This neighbourhood Colchester Homes sold
£0£200k£400k£600k 1995: £64,5001996: £69,0001997: £71,0001998: £82,5001999: £86,0002000: £114,0002001: £128,5002002: £156,0002003: £175,9752004: £215,0002005: £227,5002006: £220,0002007: £234,9952008: £220,0002009: £212,5002010: £249,9502011: £240,6002012: £239,9952013: £249,9952014: £250,0002015: £275,0002016: £320,0002017: £325,0002018: £342,5002019: £345,0002020: £346,5002021: £400,0002022: £415,0002023: £430,0002024: £448,0002025: £455,000 1995: 149 sold1996: 191 sold1997: 254 sold1998: 199 sold1999: 244 sold2000: 176 sold2001: 206 sold2002: 212 sold2003: 156 sold2004: 186 sold2005: 162 sold2006: 207 sold2007: 225 sold2008: 95 sold2009: 115 sold2010: 129 sold2011: 134 sold2012: 101 sold2013: 147 sold2014: 200 sold2015: 155 sold2016: 173 sold2017: 115 sold2018: 119 sold2019: 121 sold2020: 124 sold2021: 165 sold2022: 99 sold2023: 102 sold2024: 129 sold2025: 133 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k£600k 1995: £64,5001996: £69,0001997: £71,0001998: £82,5001999: £86,0002000: £114,0002001: £128,5002002: £156,0002003: £175,9752004: £215,0002005: £227,5002006: £220,0002007: £234,9952008: £220,0002009: £212,5002010: £249,9502011: £240,6002012: £239,9952013: £249,9952014: £250,0002015: £275,0002016: £320,0002017: £325,0002018: £342,5002019: £345,0002020: £346,5002021: £400,0002022: £415,0002023: £430,0002024: £448,0002025: £455,000 1995: 149 sold1996: 191 sold1997: 254 sold1998: 199 sold1999: 244 sold2000: 176 sold2001: 206 sold2002: 212 sold2003: 156 sold2004: 186 sold2005: 162 sold2006: 207 sold2007: 225 sold2008: 95 sold2009: 115 sold2010: 129 sold2011: 134 sold2012: 101 sold2013: 147 sold2014: 200 sold2015: 155 sold2016: 173 sold2017: 115 sold2018: 119 sold2019: 121 sold2020: 124 sold2021: 165 sold2022: 99 sold2023: 102 sold2024: 129 sold2025: 133 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Detached66% · Colchester 34%
  • Semi-detached18% · Colchester 30%
  • Flat11% · Colchester 16%
  • Terraced5% · Colchester 21%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales17% · Colchester 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales11% · Colchester 16%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around West Mersea

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

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

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.