Buxton North

High Peak · East Midlands · population 7,454 · 5 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,673 of 6,856 in England
  • #407 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #9 of 11 in High Peak
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,603
Median age (est.)50
Density675per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above37%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 11%25–44 21%45–64 31%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 12%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 15%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 45%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 15%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 12% · Elementary 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary11%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Buxton North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,673 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 11 in High Peak. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (63) and lowest on Living environment (14). Typical homes here sold for about £232,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 119 sales), 11% below the wider High Peak median of £260,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,315 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 128 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 46 · #3,727
Employment 28 · #4,927
Education 63 · #2,562
Health 20 · #5,496
Crime 20 · #5,489
Housing & access 61 · #2,672
Living environment 14 · #5,887

House prices ?

£232,500median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=119
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£232,500119+3.7%+16.2%
Detached£455,00019-7.1%+7.7%
Semi-detached£290,00030+12.6%+12.6%
Terraced£190,50032-4.8%+15.5%
Flat£172,00038-7.5%+23.5%
This area£232,500
High Peak£260,000
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)£34,315±£5,009 · #5,234 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,833
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

128 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 952 offences
High Peak62
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,610 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences460
Theft148
Burglary50
Vehicle crime26
Criminal damage & arson102
Public order & weapons120
Drugs31
Robbery4
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 187 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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