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Amber Valley Borough Council
Local authority area: Amber Valley
Amber Valley is a district council in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 265.4 km² and had 126,944 residents in 2022 — about 478 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Ripley.
Town hall in the administrative centreRipley Town Hall
Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Amber Valley, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022126,944+3.5% since 2012
Land area265.4km²102.5 sq mi
Density478/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#245of 382 UK councils · #208 in England
Population estimates4 data points
122.7K124.1K126.7K126.9K
2012201520182022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Amber Valley became a local authority area.
Elections
18 electoral wards
Census 2021: 126,208 residents in 56,277 households across the wards; 22.6% aged 65+, 72.0% of homes owned, 16.8% of households without a car.
1Ripley4,919 households · 22.4% aged 65+10,6822Heanor West & Loscoe4,491 households · 20.2% aged 65+9,9403Codnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar4,135 households · 18.9% aged 65+9,2554Belper East4,003 households · 20.0% aged 65+9,2525Alfreton3,980 households · 19.9% aged 65+8,7956Kilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley3,474 households · 23.4% aged 65+7,882
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
TRipley Town CouncilTown council · Ripley DE5 3BT · hours listedPShirland and Higham Parish CouncilParish council · Alfreton DE55 4DQ · hours listed
Westminster
Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q457014 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.