DE5 postcode area · Amber Valley

The DE5 postcode district spans 18 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Amber Valley, Bolsover, Derbyshire Dales, North East Derbyshire. Area Scores range from 7 to 94 across them. Every full DE5 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

There is a sharp split within the DE5 district: Duffield, Quarndon & Kirk Langley scores 95 out of 100 (#368 of 6,856 nationally) while Somercotes & Pye Bridge sits at 7 — neighbours on the map, 88 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 7 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 3 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £160,000 in Somercotes & Pye Bridge to £446,625 in Duffield, Quarndon & Kirk Langley — a 2.8× gap within the DE5 district. Note that the district straddles 4 local authorities — Amber Valley, Bolsover, Derbyshire Dales and North East Derbyshire — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Living here

Typical net household income£37,866a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime64per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)47
Owner-occupied73%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the DE5 district

£217,000median home sold over the past year · +33.3% over 5 years · +2.8% over the year · 368 sales
Detached£302,000
Semi-detached£196,500
Terraced£157,750
Flat£130,000
Amber Valley£230,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Duffield, Quarndon & Kirk LangleyAmber Valley 36895 £446,625
Belper Far LaundAmber Valley 57492 £270,000
Ashover & New TuptonNorth East Derbyshire 1,31481 £280,000
Openwoodgate & HolbrookAmber Valley 1,40380 £231,000
Ambergate, Heage & IdridgehayAmber Valley 1,63076 £290,000
Swanwick & LeabrooksAmber Valley 2,17168 £220,000
Crich, Holloway & WingfieldAmber Valley 2,19268 £394,570
Ashbourne North, Dovedale & CarsingtonDerbyshire Dales 2,30166 £399,500
Ripley WestAmber Valley 2,34266 £233,500
Kilburn & HorsleyAmber Valley 2,57662 £236,000
Belper TownAmber Valley 2,89858 £228,975
Tibshelf, Newton & Hardwick ParkBolsover 3,67246 £180,000
Ripley East, Riddings & IronvilleAmber Valley 4,10440 £170,000
Stonebroom, Shirland & WessingtonNorth East Derbyshire 4,23438 £250,000
Ripley South & LoscoeAmber Valley 4,45435 £220,000
South Normanton WestBolsover 4,70131 £180,000
AlfretonAmber Valley 4,96128 £195,000
Somercotes & Pye BridgeAmber Valley 6,3667 £160,000

People living in DE5 Census 2021

Residents141,633
Median age (est.)47
Density270per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above30%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 13%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service7%

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 48% · No religion 45% · Other 1%

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.

Towns & places in DE5

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the DE5 district.

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around DE5.

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.