Heanor Gate & Aldercar

Amber Valley · East Midlands · population 9,652 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,829 of 6,856 in England
  • #252 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #9 of 16 in Amber Valley
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,480
Median age (est.)43
Density787per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above24%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 29%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 7%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary10%
Process & plant10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 42% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Heanor Gate & Aldercar is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,829 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 16 in Amber Valley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (86) and lowest on Living environment (47). Typical homes here, about £230,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 131 sales), in line with the wider Amber Valley median of £230,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #699 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,331 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 55 · #3,103
Employment 48 · #3,583
Education 49 · #3,487
Health 53 · #3,213
Crime 48 · #3,535
Housing & access 86 · #930
Living environment 47 · #3,611

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +2.2% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,000131+2.2%+27.8%
Detached£300,00064+4.5%+20.5%
Semi-detached£207,50030+10.7%+24.6%
Terraced£143,00037+3.2%+30.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£230,000
Amber Valley£230,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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

Household income

Net household income (a year)£36,331±£5,272 · #4,590 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,822
Price-to-income ?6.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 614 offences
Amber Valley72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,106 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences302
Theft111
Burglary18
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons67
Drugs16
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 128 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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