Dronfield Town & Unstone

North East Derbyshire · East Midlands · population 7,512 · 5 LSOAs

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

51Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,364 of 6,856 in England
  • #300 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #7 of 13 in North East Derbyshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,555
Median age (est.)47
Density561per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 26%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 37%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 13% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 46% · Muslim 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

Dronfield Town & Unstone sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,364 of 6,856 in England, and #7 of 13 in North East Derbyshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (90) but weak on Health (28). Typical homes here, about £252,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 93 sales), in line with the wider North East Derbyshire median of £245,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,457 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £35,611 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 46 · #3,700
Employment 40 · #4,138
Education 57 · #2,939
Health 28 · #4,934
Crime 55 · #3,062
Housing & access 90 · #690
Living environment 48 · #3,535

House prices ?

£252,250median (12m) · +5.1% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£252,25093+5.1%+29.4%
Detached£385,00025+13.2%-9.9%
Semi-detached£252,50039+3.1%+28.2%
Terraced£205,00020+5.9%+23.3%
Flat£150,0009+4.5%+32.2%
This area£252,250
North East Derbyshire£245,000
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)£35,611±£5,123 · #4,846 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,429
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 645 offences
North East Derbyshire61
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #4,370 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences246
Theft224
Burglary20
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons51
Drugs21
Robbery3
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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