Electoral wardE05014703
Ripley ward, Amber Valley
Ripley is one of 18 electoral wards of Amber Valley Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 10,682 residents in 4,919 households — 1,374 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Amber Valley constituency; for county elections it is in the Ripley East division.
Residents, 202110,682council ward average 7,012
Households4,9192.17 residents per household
Density1,374/ km²about 7.77 km² · Amber Valley 475
Aged 65+22.4%Amber Valley: 22.6% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 507
5–95.2% · 559
10–156.0% · 638
16–193.6% · 381
20–245.2% · 559
25–3412.7% · 1,356
35–4918.0% · 1,921
50–6422.1% · 2,365
65–7412.0% · 1,284
75–848.0% · 855
85+2.4% · 258
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.4% · 954
1 car or van40.8% · 2,007
2 cars or vans29.1% · 1,434
3 or more10.8% · 530
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Amber Valley overall: 72.0% owned, 12.7% social rented, 14.6% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 2,006
With mortgage29.8% · 1,467
Shared ownership1.1% · 52
Social rented11.5% · 567
Private rented16.6% · 817
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house38.0% · 1,870
Semi-detached house31.8% · 1,564
Terraced house21.8% · 1,072
Purpose-built flat5.6% · 273
Converted house0.8% · 41
Other conversion0.6% · 30
Above shop / office1.4% · 68
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014703- Council
- Amber Valley Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Ripley East
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 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% owned4,967HHeage & Ambergate26.7% aged 65+ · 83.4% owned4,817HHeanor 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% owned7,882RRipley & 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
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.