Eckington West & Coal Aston

North East Derbyshire · East Midlands · population 6,785 · 4 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #965 of 6,856 in England
  • #74 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #4 of 13 in North East Derbyshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,762
Median age (est.)54
Density349per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above29%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 30%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 55%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 55%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 7%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 34%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

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 55% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Eckington West & Coal Aston is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #965 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 13 in North East Derbyshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (88) and lowest on Living environment (54). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 81 sales), 14% above the wider North East Derbyshire median of £245,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,474 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 88 · #821
Employment 79 · #1,465
Education 73 · #1,863
Health 63 · #2,548
Crime 88 · #821
Housing & access 76 · #1,664
Living environment 54 · #3,124

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +15.5% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,00081+15.5%+22.3%
Detached£282,25042-1.0%+6.5%
Semi-detached£260,99826+13.5%+23.4%
Terraced£350,00010+75.0%+161.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£280,000
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)£37,474±£5,369 · #4,210 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,746
Price-to-income ?7.5×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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 200 offences
North East Derbyshire61
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #371 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences104
Theft19
Burglary14
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons24
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 74 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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