Cathedral Quarter & California

Derby · East Midlands · population 12,732 · 7 LSOAs

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

9Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,216 of 6,856 in England
  • #531 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #25 of 31 in Derby
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,268
Median age (est.)30
Density5,531per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above34%
No car or van49%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 22%25–44 38%45–64 18%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 12%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 52%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 12%Social rent 26%Private rent 52%

Households

One person: 47%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 47%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Professional 18% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Professional18%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Process & plant9%
Skilled trades7%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 72%Asian: 10%Black: 8%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 72%Asian 10%Black 8%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 43% · Christian 38% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Cathedral Quarter & California is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,216 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 31 in Derby. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (51) and lowest on Crime (1). Typical homes here sold for about £138,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 77 sales), 37% below the wider Derby median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,982 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 432 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 12 · #6,010
Employment 15 · #5,845
Education 20 · #5,448
Health 6 · #6,407
Crime 1 · #6,778
Housing & access 51 · #3,384
Living environment 12 · #6,024

House prices ?

£138,000median (12m) · +6.2% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£138,00077+6.2%+22.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£195,0007+18.2%+61.2%
Terraced£140,00053+5.7%+19.7%
Flat£103,90014-2.9%+18.7%
This area£138,000
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)£29,982±£4,493 · #6,402 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,037
Price-to-income ?4.6×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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

432 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 5,497 offences
Derby120
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #6,393 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences2,221
Theft1,237
Burglary149
Vehicle crime110
Criminal damage & arson295
Public order & weapons723
Drugs580
Robbery94
Other88

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 728 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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