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Highwoods

Middle area

North east Colchester. 9,657 people in 3.4 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Highwoods’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£288,750
3,542nd lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,689
1,424th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Highwoods compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price21 middle areas, Colchester · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Colchester21 areas from £240,000 to £490,000. The middle area is £345,125. Highwoods is £288,750.
£288,7505th lowest
Population21 middle areas, Colchester · 2021
Population: every middle area in Colchester21 areas from 5,824 to 14,114. The middle area is 8,984. Highwoods is 9,689.
9,6898th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage21 middle areas, Colchester · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Colchester21 areas from 20.7% to 97.0%. The middle area is 87.4%. Highwoods is 96.8%.
96.8%2nd highest
Claimant rate21 middle areas, Colchester · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Colchester21 areas from 1.3% to 6.1%. The middle area is 2.7%. Highwoods is 3.1%.
3.1%8th highest

Figures for the whole of Colchester

These figures are published for the whole of Colchester, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Colchester and not Highwoods alone. See Colchester

Average house price
£297,824
Down 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,353
153rd highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.6×
155th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
17.3
126th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Highwoods in brief

The median price paid for a home in Highwoods was £288,750 in 2025.

Highwoods had 9,689 usual residents at the census.

In Highwoods, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Highwoods, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.