Ripley East, Riddings & Ironville

Amber Valley · East Midlands · population 8,895 · 6 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,104 of 6,856 in England
  • #361 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #12 of 16 in Amber Valley
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,928
Median age (est.)46
Density842per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 10%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 10%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Professional13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · 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

Ripley East, Riddings & Ironville is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,104 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 16 in Amber Valley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (76) and lowest on Living environment (24). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 153 sales), 26% below the wider Amber Valley median of £230,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,136 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,967 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 109 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 48 · #3,542
Employment 37 · #4,289
Education 32 · #4,666
Health 28 · #4,927
Crime 37 · #4,289
Housing & access 76 · #1,671
Living environment 24 · #5,187

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=153
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,000153+3.7%+13.3%
Detached£268,47544+7.2%+22.0%
Semi-detached£171,00054+0.6%+19.8%
Terraced£133,00051-3.3%+33.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£170,000
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)£31,967±£4,693 · #5,962 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,193
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

83Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

109 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 970 offences
Amber Valley72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,184 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences478
Theft106
Burglary24
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson104
Public order & weapons136
Drugs67
Robbery6
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 145 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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