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Electoral wardE05014706

Somercotes ward, Amber Valley

Somercotes is one of 18 electoral wards of Amber Valley Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,205 residents in 2,734 households — 1,045 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Amber Valley constituency; for county elections it is in the Alfreton & Somercotes and Swanwick & Riddings divisions.

Residents, 20216,205council ward average 7,012
Households2,7342.27 residents per household
Density1,045/ km²about 5.94 km² · Amber Valley 475
Aged 65+16.0%Amber Valley: 22.6% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 401
5–96.2% · 385
10–157.6% · 474
16–194.2% · 263
20–245.5% · 344
25–3413.9% · 863
35–4920.0% · 1,239
50–6420.0% · 1,240
65–749.7% · 604
75–844.8% · 295
85+1.5% · 91

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.9% · 682
1 car or van41.7% · 1,140
2 cars or vans25.0% · 684
3 or more8.4% · 230
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright29.8% · 815
With mortgage27.7% · 757
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented23.2% · 635
Private rented18.8% · 514
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house16.0% · 436
Semi-detached house46.6% · 1,273
Terraced house29.0% · 792
Purpose-built flat6.3% · 171
Converted house1.0% · 28
Other conversion0.4% · 11
Above shop / office0.8% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014706
County division
Alfreton & Somercotes, Swanwick & Riddings
Constituency
Amber Valley
Region
East Midlands
Density rank in council
7 of 18

Parishes in the ward

Somercotes

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% owned7,882RRipley22.4% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned10,682RRipley & Marehay25.5% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned5,535SSmalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse25.0% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned6,473SSwanwick28.3% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.