Electoral wardE05010605
Breaston ward, Erewash
Breaston is one of 19 electoral wards of Erewash Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,370 residents in 1,970 households — 542 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erewash constituency; for county elections it is in the Breaston division.
Residents, 20214,370council ward average 5,942
Households1,9702.22 residents per household
Density542/ km²about 8.07 km² · Erewash 1,030
Aged 65+31.7%Erewash: 20.8% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 162
5–95.2% · 227
10–155.8% · 252
16–193.0% · 131
20–243.8% · 164
25–348.1% · 352
35–4915.8% · 692
50–6423.0% · 1,002
65–7415.6% · 681
75–8411.9% · 521
85+4.2% · 182
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.8% · 253
1 car or van39.2% · 772
2 cars or vans35.7% · 704
3 or more12.2% · 241
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Erewash overall: 69.9% owned, 12.7% social rented, 16.8% private rented.
Owned outright55.2% · 1,088
With mortgage29.0% · 572
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented7.3% · 143
Private rented8.4% · 165
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house50.3% · 992
Semi-detached house39.2% · 773
Terraced house6.8% · 135
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 33
Converted house0.3% · 6
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.5% · 9
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010605- Council
- Erewash Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Breaston
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 19
Parishes in the ward
Breaston
Other wards in the same constituency
AAwsworth Road16.0% aged 65+ · 54.8% owned5,149CCotmanhay19.7% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned5,080DDerby Road East13.4% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned5,469DDerby Road West23.6% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned6,913DDraycott & Risley22.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned4,113HHallam Fields12.5% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned5,053KKirk Hallam & Stanton-by-Dale21.6% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned6,406LLarklands18.1% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned8,638LLittle Hallam21.9% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned4,708LLong Eaton Central17.8% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned7,283NNottingham Road19.5% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned4,947SSandiacre20.3% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned8,218SSawley23.2% aged 65+ · 70.1% owned6,465SShipley View19.6% aged 65+ · 84.7% owned4,794
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.