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Erewash Borough Council
Local authority area: Erewash
Erewash is a district council in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 109.6 km² and had 113,080 residents in 2022 — about 1,031 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Ilkeston.
Town hall in the administrative centreIlkeston Town Hall
Photo: Grant Shaw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Erewash, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022113,080+0.2% since 2012
Land area109.6km²42.3 sq mi
Density1,031/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#278of 382 UK councils · #234 in England
Population estimates4 data points
112.8K114.5K115.5K113.1K
2012201520182022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Erewash became a local authority area.
Elections
19 electoral wards
Census 2021: 112,907 residents in 50,334 households across the wards; 20.8% aged 65+, 69.9% of homes owned, 19.4% of households without a car.
1Larklands3,973 households · 18.1% aged 65+8,6382Sandiacre3,533 households · 20.3% aged 65+8,2183Wilsthorpe3,252 households · 17.5% aged 65+7,5684Long Eaton Central3,559 households · 17.8% aged 65+7,2835Ockbrook & Borrowash3,149 households · 24.3% aged 65+7,1676Derby Road West2,968 households · 23.6% aged 65+6,913
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
Westminster
Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q1350065 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.