Little Chester

Derby · East Midlands · population 8,041 · 4 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,263 of 6,856 in England
  • #448 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #20 of 31 in Derby
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,243
Median age (est.)28
Density4,269per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above32%
No car or van43%

Age

0–14 9%15–24 34%25–44 29%45–64 17%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 14%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 14%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 33%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 50%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 50%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Elementary 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Elementary15%
Associate professional14%
Sales & customer service11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative7%
Process & plant7%
Skilled trades6%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 6%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 84%Asian 6%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 53% · Christian 32% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Little Chester is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,263 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 31 in Derby. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (56) and lowest on Health (10). Typical homes here sold for about £157,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 88 sales), 29% below the wider Derby median of £220,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,780 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 210 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 31 · #4,721
Employment 27 · #5,023
Education 34 · #4,495
Health 10 · #6,174
Crime 10 · #6,161
Housing & access 56 · #3,042
Living environment 28 · #4,954

House prices ?

£157,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£157,00088+1.3%+12.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£170,00070.0%+18.7%
Terraced£200,00039+16.3%+24.2%
Flat£113,00041-2.4%+0.4%
This area£157,000
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)£28,780±£4,658 · #6,592 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,594
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

210 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,691 offences
Derby120
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #6,205 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences652
Theft271
Burglary62
Vehicle crime52
Criminal damage & arson176
Public order & weapons258
Drugs166
Robbery26
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 216 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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