S40 postcode area · Chesterfield
The S40 postcode district spans 12 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire. Area Scores range from 5 to 97 across them. Every full S40 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.
In summary
The S40 district contains both ends of the scale: Brookside & Walton at 98 out of 100 (#163 of 6,856 in England) against Boythorpe & Birdholme at 6, a 92-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 4 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 5 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £155,000 in New Whittington, Hollingwood & Barrow Hill to £310,000 in Wingerworth & Holymoorside — a 2.0× gap within the S40 district. Note that the district straddles 2 local authorities — Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire — so its neighbourhoods answer to different councils.
Living here
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 S40 district
| Neighbourhood | Nat. rank | Area score | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside & WaltonChesterfield | 163 | 98 | £295,500 |
| Wingerworth & HolymoorsideNorth East Derbyshire | 738 | 89 | £310,000 |
| Ashover & New TuptonNorth East Derbyshire | 1,314 | 81 | £280,000 |
| Ashgate & BrockwellChesterfield | 2,061 | 70 | £225,000 |
| Spital & HaslandChesterfield | 3,076 | 55 | £195,000 |
| Brimington South & TaptonChesterfield | 3,316 | 52 | £210,999 |
| Loundsley Green & Holme HallChesterfield | 4,570 | 33 | £276,500 |
| NewboldChesterfield | 4,584 | 33 | £196,250 |
| New Whittington, Hollingwood & Barrow HillChesterfield | 5,132 | 25 | £155,000 |
| Central Chesterfield & StonegravelsChesterfield | 5,372 | 22 | £155,000 |
| DunstonChesterfield | 5,647 | 18 | £200,000 |
| Boythorpe & BirdholmeChesterfield | 6,476 | 6 | £171,000 |
People living in S40 Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 19% · Managers & directors 12% · Associate professional 12%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 19% |
| Managers & directors | 12% |
| Associate professional | 12% |
| Skilled trades | 11% |
| Caring & leisure | 11% |
| Elementary | 10% |
| Administrative | 10% |
| Sales & customer service | 9% |
| Process & plant | 7% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%
Born outside the UK: 5%
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.
Nearby areas
Postcode districts around S40.
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.