53,826TOTAL POPULATION
21,548HOUSEHOLDS
2.9%UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
£46,800AVG HOUSEHOLD INCOME

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CM3 POSTCODE REGION

Chelmsford (CM3)

The CM3 postcode area is located in the Chelmsford postcode town region, within the county of Essex, and contains a total of 2042 individual postcodes.

There are 192 electoral wards in the CM3 postcode area, including Billericay, Bishops Stortford, Braintree, Brentwood, Burnham-On-Crouch, Chelmsford, Dunmow, Epping, Harlow, Ingatestone, Maldon, Ongar, Sawbridgeworth, Southminster, Stansted, Witham which come under the local authority of the Chelmsford Council.

Combining the whole postcode region, 29% of people in CM3 are classed as having an AB social grade, (i.e. 'white-collar' middle-upper class), compared to 27% across the UK.

This does not mean that the people of CM3 are wealthier - or higher class - than average, but it can be an indication that the area may be prospering and desirable to live in.


The CM3 postcode area is located in the Chelmsford district of Essex in the UK. It encompasses the town of Chelmsford, the villages of Dunmow, Great Dunmow, Hatfield Peverel and Little Baddow, as well as parts of Boreham and Broomfield. It has a population of 133,000 and the average property prices are £430,000.

The regional headquarters for BAE systems is located in the CM3 postcode area, as well as the West Hanningfield Golf Course, Hylands House and Park and RHS Garden Hyde Hall.

Chelmsford is the largest town in the area and has a host of amenities, such as the Riverside Leisure Centre and Chelmsford City Racecourse, as well as several primary and secondary schools, churches and business districts.

The town of Great Dunmow is the second largest settlement in the area and is home to several historic and modern buildings, including the ancient Flitch Trials and the Grade I listed St. Mary's Church. Hatfield Peverel is a smaller village with just a few hundred inhabitants and sights to see such as St Andrew's Church, Okings Garage, Polebrooks Lakes and the Rail Trail.

Little Baddow is yet another small village within the postcode area with a population of about 360, and is home to notable attractions such as All Saints' Church, The Hop Shop and Drury Court Barn.

Broomfield is the fourth largest village in the area, with its main attractions being Broomfield House, St Mary's Church and Broomfield Village Hall.

Finally, the postcode area is surrounded by other notable towns and cities, such Chief Maldon, Witham and Braintree, providing greater access to services, entertainment and leisure activities.


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Demographics

UNEMPLOYMENT

  • 92%WORKING
  • 8%UNEMPLOYED

8% of people in CM3 are either unemployed or full time students. The average UK unemployment rate is currently 4%.

SOCIAL GRADES

  • 29%AB
  • 56%C2/C2
  • 15%DE

According to census records, 29% of people here have a social grade of AB (highest), compared to the national average of 27%.

ETHNICITY

  • 94%WHITE
  • 6%NON-WHITE

94% of people class themselves as 'white', compared to a national UK average of 81.9%.

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CM3Essex

Essex

The county of Essex

CM3 is located in the county of Essex, in England.

Essex has a total population of 1,802,200, making it the 7th largest county in the UK.

Essex has a total area of 1417 square miles, and a population density of 491 people per square kilometre. For comparison, Greater London has a density of 5,618 people/km2.

Essex Postal Town Map
Outward CodeCM3
Postal TownChelmsford
MSOA NameChelmsford 001
LSOA NameChelmsford 001C
CountyEssex
RegionEssex
CountryEngland
Local AuthorityChelmsford
Area ClassificationUrban with City and Town

CM3 Electoral Wards

The postal region of CM3, includes the local towns, villages, electoral wards and stations of:


Althorne
Baddow Park
Bannister Green
Barnston
Bartholomew Green
Essex
Beacon Hill
Essex
Bicknacre
Black Notley
Blackwater
Essex
Blasford Hill
Boreham
Boyton Cross
Breeds
Broad's Green
Broad Street Green
Broomfield
Buttsbury
Butt's Green
Causeway End
Chapel Row
Chatham Green
Chelmer
Chelmer Village
Chelmsford
Chignall Smealy
Chignall St James
Chipping Hill
Church End
Coalhill
Cobler's Green
Cock Clarks
Cock Green
Coggeshall
Coggeshall Hamlet
Cold Norton
Copford Green
Cressing
Curling Tye Green
Danbury
Danbury Common
East Hanningfield
Easthorpe
Edney Common
Fairstead
Fanner's Green
Farther Howegreen
Faulkbourne
Feering
Felsted
Flack's Green
Ford End
Frenches Green
Fryerning
Fuller Street
Galleyend
Galleywood
Gamble's Green
Gay Bowers
Goldhanger
Gore Pit
Great Baddow
Great Braxted
Great Claydons
Great Leighs
Great Notley
Great Oxney Green
Great Totham
Great Totham
Great Waltham
Greenwoods
Gubbion's Green
Handley Green
Hanningfield Reservoir
Hardy's Green
Hartford End
Hatfield Peverel
Hawbush Green
Hazeleigh
Heybridge
Heybridge Basin
Highfields
High Houses
Highwood
Horne Row
Hounslow Green
Howegreen
Howe Green
Howe Street
Hyde Chase
Ingatestone
Inworth
Kelvedon
Langford
Langley Green
Essex
Lanham Green
Latchingdon
Layer Brook
Layer Marney
Little Baddow
Little Braxted
Little Dunmow
Little Leighs
Little Mascalls
Little Oxney Green
Little Totham
Little Waltham
Littley Green
Loves Green
Lower Green
Lower Green
Lyons Hall
Maldon
Margaretting
Margaretting Tye
Mashbury
Mayland
Maylandsea
Messing
Milch Hill
Mill Green
Minnow End
Molehill Green
Moulsham
Mowden
Mundon
Newney Green
North End
Northey Island
North Fambridge
Nounsley
Osea Island
Osea Island
Oxley Green
Parkgate
Parsonage Green
Paternoster Heath
Perry Green
Pleshey
Powers Hall End
Purleigh
Rank's Green
Reader's Corner
Rettendon
Ringtail Green
Rivenhall
Rivenhall End
Roundbush
Row Green
Roxwell
Rudley Green
Runsell Green
Sandon
Silver End
Skye Green
Smythe's Green
South Hanningfield
South Woodham Ferrers
Springfield
Steeple
Stock
Stockstreet
Stow Maries
Surrex
Terling
The Green
Thistley Green
Tiptree
Tiptree Heath
Tolleshunt D'Arcy
Tolleshunt Knights
Tolleshunt Major
Totham Hill
Totham Plains
Tye Green
Tye Green
Watch House Green
Wellstye Green
West Hanningfield
White Notley
Wickham Bishops
Widford
Willows Green
Witham
Woodham Ferrers
Woodham Mortimer
Woodham Walter
Woodhill
Writtle
Young's End
Browse Postcodes in CM3

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Click on an 'outward' code for more information. For example, the outward postcode page 'EC2M' will give you an alphabetical list covering all postcodes located in the region, from 'EC2M 1BB' through to 'EC2M 7YA'.

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