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Derby Road West ward, Erewash

Derby Road West is one of 19 electoral wards of Erewash Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,913 residents in 2,968 households — 2,824 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erewash constituency; for county elections it is in the Long Eaton North division.

Residents, 20216,913council ward average 5,942
Households2,9682.33 residents per household
Density2,824/ km²about 2.45 km² · Erewash 1,030
Aged 65+23.6%Erewash: 20.8% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 308
5–95.7% · 392
10–157.2% · 497
16–194.5% · 312
20–244.3% · 294
25–3411.4% · 786
35–4917.8% · 1,232
50–6421.1% · 1,461
65–7412.6% · 872
75–847.6% · 528
85+3.3% · 231

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.0% · 533
1 car or van42.7% · 1,267
2 cars or vans30.3% · 898
3 or more9.1% · 270
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Erewash overall: 69.9% owned, 12.7% social rented, 16.8% private rented.

Owned outright41.3% · 1,226
With mortgage31.7% · 940
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented15.0% · 444
Private rented11.5% · 341
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house40.9% · 1,214
Semi-detached house42.0% · 1,247
Terraced house11.4% · 338
Purpose-built flat4.1% · 123
Converted house0.9% · 27
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.