Selston

Ashfield · East Midlands · population 6,478 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,173 of 6,856 in England
  • #370 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #8 of 16 in Ashfield
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,583
Median age (est.)47
Density1,115per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above21%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 11%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Professional 14% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Professional14%
Associate professional12%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 46% · 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

Selston is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,173 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 16 in Ashfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (62) and lowest on Education (26). Typical homes here, about £195,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 34% in five years (from 101 sales), in line with the wider Ashfield median of £195,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,504 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,064 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 45 · #3,796
Employment 34 · #4,522
Education 26 · #5,105
Health 32 · #4,673
Crime 47 · #3,659
Housing & access 36 · #4,420
Living environment 62 · #2,617

House prices ?

£195,000median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=101
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£195,000101+2.6%+33.6%
Detached£290,00043+16.0%+43.2%
Semi-detached£180,25032-4.1%+35.5%
Terraced£135,75024-3.0%+45.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£195,000
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)£33,064±£4,758 · #5,657 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,535
Price-to-income ?5.9×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 ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 321 offences
Ashfield84
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,086 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences139
Theft80
Burglary7
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons28
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 68 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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