Dunston

Chesterfield · East Midlands · population 8,209 · 5 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,647 of 6,856 in England
  • #484 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #11 of 13 in Chesterfield
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,002
Median age (est.)42
Density1,661per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above22%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 37%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 13%Other: 11%
One person 39%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 13%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 13% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure13%
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Process & plant10%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 45% · 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

Dunston is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,647 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 13 in Chesterfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Health (5). Typical homes here sold for about £200,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+0%) (from 97 sales), in line with the wider Chesterfield median of £197,250. Typical household take-home income is around £29,077 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 106 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 18 · #5,585
Employment 12 · #6,051
Education 20 · #5,496
Health 5 · #6,490
Crime 22 · #5,311
Housing & access 89 · #766
Living environment 76 · #1,630

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00097-1.2%0.0%
Detached£406,00027+9.7%+17.0%
Semi-detached£188,97558-0.3%+12.5%
Terraced£145,0009+9.0%+20.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£200,000
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)£29,077±£4,396 · #6,559 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,834
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 872 offences
Chesterfield102
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,105 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences474
Theft99
Burglary32
Vehicle crime55
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons82
Drugs29
Robbery14
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 104 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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