New Whittington, Hollingwood & Barrow Hill

Chesterfield · East Midlands · population 7,753 · 5 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,132 of 6,856 in England
  • #440 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #9 of 13 in Chesterfield
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,755
Median age (est.)39
Density792per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above22%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 28%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 17%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 11%Other: 11%
One person 36%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 11%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure13%
Professional13%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

New Whittington, Hollingwood & Barrow Hill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,132 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 13 in Chesterfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (61) and lowest on Health (10). Typical homes here, about £155,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 28% in five years (from 100 sales), 21% below the wider Chesterfield median of £197,250. Typical household take-home income is around £31,261 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 63 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 31 · #4,707
Employment 22 · #5,318
Education 27 · #5,023
Health 10 · #6,147
Crime 32 · #4,666
Housing & access 61 · #2,685
Living environment 46 · #3,734

House prices ?

£155,000median (12m) · +8.4% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£155,000100+8.4%+28.1%
Detached£225,00013-3.2%+15.4%
Semi-detached£160,00051+10.3%+32.2%
Terraced£137,75032+3.8%+25.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£155,000
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)£31,261±£4,647 · #6,128 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,987
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 486 offences
Chesterfield102
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,052 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences276
Theft45
Burglary18
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons57
Drugs9
Robbery3
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 96 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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