DE56 postcode area · Amber Valley

The DE56 postcode district spans 11 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Amber Valley, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash. Area Scores range from 27 to 94 across them. Every full DE56 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The DE56 district contains both ends of the scale: Duffield, Quarndon & Kirk Langley at 95 out of 100 (#368 of 6,856 in England) against Alfreton at 28, a 67-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 5 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £195,000 in Alfreton to £446,625 in Duffield, Quarndon & Kirk Langley — a 2.3× gap within the DE56 district. Note that the district straddles 3 local authorities — Amber Valley, Derbyshire Dales and Erewash — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.

Living here

Typical net household income£41,208a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates

Recorded crime51per 1,000 residents, 12m

Median age (est.)49

Owner-occupied77%

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 DE56 district

£265,000median home sold over the past year · +18.7% over 5 years · +1.9% over the year · 575 sales

Detached£382,500

Semi-detached£235,000

Terraced£200,000

Flat£152,500

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 →

Neighbourhood	Nat. rank	Area score	Median price
Duffield, Quarndon & Kirk LangleyAmber Valley	368	95	£446,625
Belper Far LaundAmber Valley	574	92	£270,000
Openwoodgate & HolbrookAmber Valley	1,403	80	£231,000
Ambergate, Heage & IdridgehayAmber Valley	1,630	76	£290,000
Crich, Holloway & WingfieldAmber Valley	2,192	68	£394,570
Ashbourne North, Dovedale & CarsingtonDerbyshire Dales	2,301	66	£399,500
Breadsall, Little Eaton & Stanley CommonErewash	2,301	66	£325,000
Ripley WestAmber Valley	2,342	66	£233,500
Kilburn & HorsleyAmber Valley	2,576	62	£236,000
Belper TownAmber Valley	2,898	58	£228,975
AlfretonAmber Valley	4,961	28	£195,000

People living in DE56 Census 2021

Residents79,149

Median age (est.)49

Density199per km²

No qualifications17%

Degree or above35%

No car or van13%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 30%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 10%Private rent 13%

Households

One person 29%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups

Professional	21%
Managers & directors	15%
Associate professional	13%
Skilled trades	12%
Administrative	9%
Elementary	8%
Caring & leisure	8%
Process & plant	7%
Sales & customer service	6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · 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 DE56

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the DE56 district.

Ashbourne Belper Ripley

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around DE56.

DE5 DE75 DE55 DE21 NG16 DE22 DE2 DE1

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.