Ripley West

Amber Valley · East Midlands · population 6,840 · 5 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,342 of 6,856 in England
  • #203 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #7 of 16 in Amber Valley
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,825
Median age (est.)52
Density681per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above27%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 8%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 31%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Elementary10%
Process & plant9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 42% · Other 0%

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 West is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,342 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 16 in Amber Valley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (75) and lowest on Living environment (37). Typical homes here sold for about £233,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 110 sales), in line with the wider Amber Valley median of £230,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,742 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 68 · #2,171
Employment 57 · #2,966
Education 60 · #2,767
Health 44 · #3,809
Crime 73 · #1,828
Housing & access 75 · #1,719
Living environment 37 · #4,289

House prices ?

£233,500median (12m) · +2.4% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£233,500110+2.4%+23.5%
Detached£337,00039+16.2%+25.7%
Semi-detached£221,00046+0.5%+38.1%
Terraced£169,00025-2.0%+25.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£233,500
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)£35,742±£5,083 · #4,801 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,818
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 436 offences
Amber Valley72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,118 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences243
Theft65
Burglary14
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons42
Drugs21
Robbery1
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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