Local authority · E07000071
Colchester
In useColchester is a local authority in England, published in boundary releases since December 2011.
The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.
- Code
- E07000071
- Kind
- Local authority
- Area
- 331 km²
- Population
- 200,222Mid-2024 estimate
- In use
- 2011 to now
Where it sits
What it contains
117 LSOAs, as of the December 2021 boundaries
- Colchester 001A
- Colchester 001B
- Colchester 001C
- Colchester 001D
- Colchester 002A
- Colchester 002B
- Colchester 002C
- Colchester 002D
- Colchester 002F
- Colchester 002G
- Colchester 003A
- Colchester 003B
- Colchester 003C
- Colchester 003D
- Colchester 007A
- Colchester 007B
- Colchester 007C
- Colchester 007E
- Colchester 007F
- Colchester 007G
- Colchester 008A
- Colchester 008B
- Colchester 008C
- Colchester 008D
- Colchester 008E
- Colchester 008G
- Colchester 008H
- Colchester 009A
- Colchester 009B
- Colchester 009C
- Colchester 009D
- Colchester 010B
- Colchester 010C
- Colchester 010D
- Colchester 010E
- Colchester 010F
- Colchester 010G
- Colchester 011A
- Colchester 011B
- Colchester 011E
- Colchester 011F
- Colchester 011G
- Colchester 011H
- Colchester 011I
- Colchester 011J
- Colchester 012A
- Colchester 012B
- Colchester 012C
- Colchester 012D
- Colchester 012E
- Colchester 013A
- Colchester 013B
- Colchester 013C
- Colchester 013D
- Colchester 014A
- Colchester 014B
- Colchester 014C
- Colchester 014D
- Colchester 014E
- Colchester 015A
- Colchester 015C
- Colchester 015D
- Colchester 015E
- Colchester 015H
- Colchester 015I
- Colchester 016A
- Colchester 016B
- Colchester 016C
- Colchester 016D
- Colchester 016E
- Colchester 016F
- Colchester 017A
- Colchester 017B
- Colchester 017C
- Colchester 017D
- Colchester 017E
- Colchester 018A
- Colchester 018B
- Colchester 018C
- Colchester 018D
- Colchester 018E
- Colchester 018F
- Colchester 019A
- Colchester 019B
- Colchester 019C
- Colchester 019D
- Colchester 019E
- Colchester 020A
- Colchester 020B
- Colchester 020C
- Colchester 020D
- Colchester 020E
- Colchester 021A
- Colchester 021B
- Colchester 021C
- Colchester 021D
- Colchester 021E
- Colchester 022A
- Colchester 022B
- Colchester 022C
- Colchester 022D
- Colchester 022E
- Colchester 022F
- Colchester 022G
- Colchester 022H
- Colchester 022I
- Colchester 023A
- Colchester 023B
- Colchester 023C
- Colchester 023D
- Colchester 023E
- Colchester 023F
- Colchester 024B
- Colchester 024C
- Colchester 024D
- Colchester 024E
- Colchester 024F
36 parishes, as of the May 2026 boundaries
- Abberton
- Aldham
- Birch
- Boxted
- Chappel
- Colchester, unparished area
- Copford
- Dedham
- East Donyland
- East Mersea
- Eight Ash Green
- Fingringhoe
- Fordham
- Great and Little Wigborough
- Great Horkesley
- Great Tey
- Langenhoe
- Langham
- Layer Breton
- Layer Marney
- Layer-de-la-Haye
- Little Horkesley
- Marks Tey
- Messing-cum-Inworth
- Mount Bures
- Myland
- Peldon
- Salcott
- Stanway
- Tiptree
- Virley
- Wakes Colne
- West Bergholt
- West Mersea
- Wivenhoe
- Wormingford
What it overlaps
2 wards, as of the December 2018 boundaries
Neighbours
Data published for it
36 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for Colchester itself.
- Air Quality2024
- Attainment 8 Gap2025
- Broadband Coverage2025
- Car Availability2021
- Child Poverty2022 to 2025 (4 years)
- Claimant Count2026
- Council Tax levels in England2026
- Crime2026
- Ethnicity2021
- EU Referendum Results2016
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions2005 to 2024 (20 years)
- House price to residence-based earnings ratio2025
- Housing supply: net additional dwellings2025
- Income2025
- Indices of Multiple Deprivation2025
- Jobs2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Land Area2024
- Life Expectancy2024
- Life Expectancy Series2003 to 2024 (22 years)
- Local authority collected waste management2025
- Local authority revenue expenditure and financing2026
- Mobile Coverage2025
- NHS Waiting Times2026
- Planning applications in England2026
- Population (Local Authority)2011 to 2024 (14 years)
- Public electric vehicle chargers by local authority2026
- Qualifications2021
- Road Collisions by Local Authority2024 and 2025
- School Performance (KS4)2025
- Subnational electricity consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Subnational gas consumption2015 to 2024 (10 years)
- Temporary Accommodation2026
- Travel to Work2021
- UK business: activity, size and location2025
- Unemployment2021
- Workplace income2025
Ask the API
Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.
- The areaDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E07000071 - Its boundaryDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E07000071/geometry?tier=medium - Its historyDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E07000071/history - What it sits withinDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E07000071/parents - What it containsDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E07000071/children - Its neighboursDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E07000071/neighbours - What you can ask about itDocs
GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/E07000071?include=capabilities