Boulton

Derby · East Midlands · population 7,646 · 5 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,283 of 6,856 in England
  • #451 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #21 of 31 in Derby
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,681
Median age (est.)43
Density3,952per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above21%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 24%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 17%
One person 31%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 44% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Boulton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,283 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 31 in Derby. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Employment (16). Typical homes here, about £200,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 110 sales), 9% below the wider Derby median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,868 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 95 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 24 · #5,180
Employment 16 · #5,722
Education 21 · #5,400
Health 17 · #5,674
Crime 22 · #5,352
Housing & access 90 · #718
Living environment 74 · #1,767

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +2.6% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,000110+2.6%+26.6%
Detached£285,22530+7.2%+29.6%
Semi-detached£200,00055+4.7%+26.6%
Terraced£165,50025-1.2%+19.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£200,000
Derby£220,000
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)£31,868±£4,673 · #5,992 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,452
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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

95 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 728 offences
Derby120
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #4,748 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences369
Theft144
Burglary15
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons66
Drugs25
Robbery15
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 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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