Breaston & Draycott

Erewash · East Midlands · population 5,888 · 4 LSOAs

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

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,555 of 6,856 in England
  • #230 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #7 of 15 in Erewash
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,949
Median age (est.)49
Density481per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above31%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 12%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 34%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 46% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Breaston & Draycott is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,555 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 15 in Erewash. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (65) and lowest on Living environment (42). Typical homes here sold for about £241,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 99 sales), 12% above the wider Erewash median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,173 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 56 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 65 · #2,390
Employment 57 · #2,946
Education 58 · #2,891
Health 45 · #3,789
Crime 57 · #2,946
Housing & access 59 · #2,809
Living environment 42 · #3,974

House prices ?

£241,500median (12m) · +0.6% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£241,50099+0.6%+15.0%
Detached£356,00030-3.8%+1.9%
Semi-detached£245,00041+2.1%+25.6%
Terraced£184,50018-11.4%+10.5%
Flat£152,50010-4.7%+45.2%
This area£241,500
Erewash£215,000
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)£37,173±£5,296 · #4,311 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,458
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

56 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 329 offences
Erewash77
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,550 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences147
Theft83
Burglary12
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons28
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 67 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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