East Kirkby

Ashfield · East Midlands · population 7,759 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,222 of 6,856 in England
  • #447 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #11 of 16 in Ashfield
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,798
Median age (est.)43
Density530per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above20%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 15%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 12%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 12%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Skilled trades13%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

East Kirkby is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,222 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 16 in Ashfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (73) but weak on Employment (17). Typical homes here, about £182,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 96 sales), 7% below the wider Ashfield median of £195,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,324 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 67 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 27 · #5,002
Employment 17 · #5,701
Education 20 · #5,503
Health 19 · #5,571
Crime 48 · #3,570
Housing & access 73 · #1,849
Living environment 62 · #2,576

House prices ?

£182,250median (12m) · +0.1% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£182,25096+0.1%+37.0%
Detached£283,00031-2.4%+45.1%
Semi-detached£171,00049+1.2%+34.6%
Terraced£133,00016+4.3%+23.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£182,250
Ashfield£195,000
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)£34,324±£4,954 · #5,232 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,031
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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

67 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 519 offences
Ashfield84
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,342 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences240
Theft78
Burglary26
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons39
Drugs24
Robbery4
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 110 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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