Kirkby Larwood & Kingsway

Ashfield · East Midlands · population 9,497 · 5 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,898 of 6,856 in England
  • #256 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #3 of 16 in Ashfield
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,430
Median age (est.)42
Density696per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 7%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 26%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 41% · Hindu 0%

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

Kirkby Larwood & Kingsway is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,898 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 16 in Ashfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (85) and lowest on Health (39). Typical homes here, about £210,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 132 sales), 8% above the wider Ashfield median of £195,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #531 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,940 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 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 58 · #2,877
Employment 43 · #3,885
Education 44 · #3,809
Health 39 · #4,207
Crime 53 · #3,193
Housing & access 85 · #1,006
Living environment 68 · #2,185

House prices ?

£210,000median (12m) · +7.7% yr · n=132
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£210,000132+7.7%+26.3%
Detached£278,75062+9.3%+29.7%
Semi-detached£177,50042+1.4%+19.9%
Terraced£180,00026+11.8%+44.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£210,000
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)£37,940±£5,363 · #4,061 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,002
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 582 offences
Ashfield84
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,959 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences238
Theft113
Burglary26
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson75
Public order & weapons45
Drugs16
Robbery10
Other35

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 150 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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