Long Eaton South

Erewash · East Midlands · population 9,263 · 6 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,000 of 6,856 in England
  • #174 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #3 of 15 in Erewash
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,311
Median age (est.)45
Density1,406per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 30%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 5%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Managers & directors11%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 42% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Long Eaton South is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,000 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 15 in Erewash. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (98) but weak on Living environment (32). Typical homes here, about £235,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 150 sales), 9% above the wider Erewash median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £35,184 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 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 72 · #1,917
Employment 62 · #2,589
Education 54 · #3,179
Health 51 · #3,371
Crime 78 · #1,527
Housing & access 98 · #128
Living environment 32 · #4,659

House prices ?

£235,000median (12m) · +0.6% yr · n=150
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£235,000150+0.6%+29.3%
Detached£290,000470.0%+3.6%
Semi-detached£225,00079+2.3%+28.6%
Terraced£170,00023+8.6%+18.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£235,000
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)£35,184±£5,090 · #4,969 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,455
Price-to-income ?6.7×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 ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 446 offences
Erewash77
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,945 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences214
Theft104
Burglary8
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons43
Drugs7
Robbery4
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 57 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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