Boythorpe & Birdholme

Chesterfield · East Midlands · population 6,285 · 4 LSOAs

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,476 of 6,856 in England
  • #550 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #13 of 13 in Chesterfield
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,300
Median age (est.)43
Density4,134per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van39%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 48%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 48%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 40%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 13%Other: 12%
One person 40%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 13%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Caring & leisure 15% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Caring & leisure15%
Professional12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Boythorpe & Birdholme is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,476 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 13 in Chesterfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (85) but weak on Health (1). Typical homes here sold for about £171,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 59 sales), 13% below the wider Chesterfield median of £197,250. Typical household take-home income is around £27,060 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 126 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 8 · #6,318
Employment 2 · #6,695
Education 8 · #6,291
Health 1 · #6,757
Crime 7 · #6,346
Housing & access 85 · #1,054
Living environment 75 · #1,719

House prices ?

£171,000median (12m) · -3.9% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£171,00059-3.9%+18.8%
Detached£300,00017-7.0%+12.5%
Semi-detached£158,50030-2.4%+26.8%
Terraced£123,50010
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£171,000
Chesterfield£197,250
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)£27,060±£4,116 · #6,753 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,366
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

126 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 793 offences
Chesterfield102
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,589 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences475
Theft64
Burglary22
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons96
Drugs32
Robbery7
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 112 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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