Sunny Hill

Derby · East Midlands · population 7,120 · 4 LSOAs

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

45Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,789 of 6,856 in England
  • #334 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #13 of 31 in Derby
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,937
Median age (est.)40
Density4,150per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above28%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 16%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 14%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 14%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary14%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 27%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 5%
White 57%Asian 27%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 37% · No religion 28% · Muslim 16%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Sunny Hill is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,789 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 31 in Derby. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (76) and lowest on Income (35). Typical homes here, about £225,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 65 sales), in line with the wider Derby median of £220,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,442 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,111 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 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 35 · #4,474
Employment 36 · #4,351
Education 41 · #4,029
Health 37 · #4,289
Crime 40 · #4,111
Housing & access 76 · #1,636
Living environment 62 · #2,576

House prices ?

£225,000median (12m) · +12.5% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,00065+12.5%+37.0%
Detached£291,25012+15.5%+38.7%
Semi-detached£230,00037+11.9%+42.9%
Terraced£168,50012-0.9%+45.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£225,000
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)£35,111±£5,031 · #4,997 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,702
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 388 offences
Derby120
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,452 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences227
Theft36
Burglary9
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons46
Drugs12
Robbery4
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 73 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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