Openwoodgate & Holbrook

Amber Valley · East Midlands · population 7,677 · 5 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,403 of 6,856 in England
  • #123 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #3 of 16 in Amber Valley
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,745
Median age (est.)48
Density857per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above33%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 32%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 7%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 45% · 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

Openwoodgate & Holbrook is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,403 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 16 in Amber Valley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (79) and lowest on Living environment (49). Typical homes here sold for about £231,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 90 sales), in line with the wider Amber Valley median of £230,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #133 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £40,261 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 77 · #1,595
Employment 72 · #1,938
Education 66 · #2,336
Health 65 · #2,404
Crime 79 · #1,431
Housing & access 60 · #2,706
Living environment 49 · #3,467

House prices ?

£231,000median (12m) · -4.7% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£231,00090-4.7%+13.8%
Detached£335,00024-5.6%+4.7%
Semi-detached£220,00043+2.3%+16.1%
Terraced£183,00023-1.1%+17.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£231,000
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)£40,261±£5,703 · #3,339 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,718
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 273 offences
Amber Valley72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #867 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences172
Theft18
Burglary11
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson13
Public order & weapons36
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 48 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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