Melbourne, Ticknall & Hartshorne

South Derbyshire · East Midlands · population 6,946 · 4 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #999 of 6,856 in England
  • #76 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #3 of 12 in South Derbyshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,769
Median age (est.)49
Density170per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above40%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

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

Melbourne, Ticknall & Hartshorne is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #999 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 12 in South Derbyshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (90) but weak on Living environment (34). Typical homes here sold for about £295,500 over the past year, down 12% across five years (from 83 sales), 16% above the wider South Derbyshire median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,674 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 84 · #1,088
Employment 84 · #1,095
Education 90 · #690
Health 80 · #1,342
Crime 85 · #1,054
Housing & access 45 · #3,789
Living environment 34 · #4,543

House prices ?

£295,500median (12m) · -10.5% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£295,50083-10.5%-12.4%
Detached£447,50034-8.7%+7.2%
Semi-detached£309,95019-2.7%+15.2%
Terraced£250,00024+4.2%+14.2%
Flat£186,0006
This area£295,500
South Derbyshire£255,000
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)£44,674±£6,506 · #2,156 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,493
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 249 offences
South Derbyshire56
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #884 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences128
Theft28
Burglary15
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson15
Public order & weapons28
Drugs11
Robbery1
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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