Swadlincote West

South Derbyshire · East Midlands · population 8,912 · 6 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,420 of 6,856 in England
  • #382 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #12 of 12 in South Derbyshire
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,687
Median age (est.)44
Density1,254per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above20%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 13%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Process & plant 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Process & plant13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 47% · 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

Swadlincote West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,420 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 12 in South Derbyshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (89) but weak on Education (21). Typical homes here sold for about £219,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 134 sales), 14% below the wider South Derbyshire median of £255,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,181 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 78 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 37 · #4,289
Employment 30 · #4,817
Education 21 · #5,386
Health 23 · #5,297
Crime 37 · #4,324
Housing & access 89 · #780
Living environment 69 · #2,144

House prices ?

£219,000median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£219,000134-0.5%+20.0%
Detached£287,50050+0.9%+19.8%
Semi-detached£195,00065+1.3%+24.8%
Terraced£145,000190.0%+14.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£219,000
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)£33,181±£4,785 · #5,613 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,035
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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

78 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 696 offences
South Derbyshire56
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,972 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences427
Theft52
Burglary31
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons54
Drugs30
Robbery0
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 95 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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