Ashbourne North, Dovedale & Carsington

Derbyshire Dales · East Midlands · population 7,241 · 4 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,301 of 6,856 in England
  • #200 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #6 of 9 in Derbyshire Dales
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,133
Median age (est.)54
Density43per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above40%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 9%25–44 15%45–64 35%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 53%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 53%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 6%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 5%Other: 20%
One person 29%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 5%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 21% · Professional 19% · Skilled trades 17%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors21%
Professional19%
Skilled trades17%
Associate professional10%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 32% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Ashbourne North, Dovedale & Carsington is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,301 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 9 in Derbyshire Dales. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (94) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here, about £399,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 70 sales), 26% above the wider Derbyshire Dales median of £317,500. Typical household take-home income is around £41,216 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 94 · #396
Employment 91 · #622
Education 85 · #1,033
Health 81 · #1,273
Crime 86 · #937
Housing & access 9 · #6,209
Living environment 5 · #6,490

House prices ?

£399,500median (12m) · +5.1% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£399,50070+5.1%+26.8%
Detached£515,00047-9.4%+24.8%
Semi-detached£315,00017+16.6%+10.5%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£399,500
Derbyshire Dales£317,500
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)£41,216±£5,949 · #3,065 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,084
Price-to-income ?9.7×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 307 offences
Derbyshire Dales46
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,457 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences146
Theft52
Burglary24
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons44
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 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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