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Electoral wardE05014698

Heage & Ambergate ward, Amber Valley

Heage & Ambergate is one of 18 electoral wards of Amber Valley Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,817 residents in 2,162 households — 384 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Amber Valley constituency; for county elections it is in the Ripley West & Crich division.

Residents, 20214,817council ward average 7,012
Households2,1622.23 residents per household
Density384/ km²about 12.54 km² · Amber Valley 475
Aged 65+26.7%Amber Valley: 22.6% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 194
5–93.8% · 185
10–155.5% · 265
16–194.1% · 195
20–244.4% · 214
25–349.4% · 453
35–4916.2% · 780
50–6425.8% · 1,244
65–7414.3% · 690
75–849.6% · 461
85+2.7% · 132

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van9.6% · 208
1 car or van38.8% · 839
2 cars or vans35.5% · 767
3 or more16.1% · 348
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Amber Valley overall: 72.0% owned, 12.7% social rented, 14.6% private rented.

Owned outright51.5% · 1,115
With mortgage31.9% · 691
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented5.6% · 121
Private rented10.8% · 234

Type of home

Detached house46.1% · 997
Semi-detached house36.6% · 791
Terraced house14.6% · 316
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 31
Converted house0.6% · 12
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.6% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014698
County division
Ripley West & Crich
Constituency
Amber Valley
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
15 of 18

Parishes in the ward

Ripley

Other wards in the same constituency

AAlfreton19.9% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned8,795CCodnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar18.9% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned9,255CCrich & South Wingfield29.9% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,967HHeanor East19.0% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned7,199HHeanor West & Loscoe20.2% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned9,940IIronville & Riddings21.3% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned6,151KKilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley23.4% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned7,882RRipley22.4% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned10,682RRipley & Marehay25.5% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned5,535SSmalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse25.0% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned6,473SSomercotes16.0% aged 65+ · 57.5% owned6,205SSwanwick28.3% aged 65+ · 84.3% owned5,077

All 18 wards of Amber Valley

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.