Electoral wardE05010609
Draycott & Risley ward, Erewash
Draycott & Risley is one of 19 electoral wards of Erewash Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,113 residents in 1,911 households — 280 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Erewash constituency; for county elections it is in the Breaston and Sandiacre divisions.
Residents, 20214,113council ward average 5,942
Households1,9112.15 residents per household
Density280/ km²about 14.67 km² · Erewash 1,030
Aged 65+22.2%Erewash: 20.8% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 158
5–94.5% · 184
10–156.2% · 255
16–194.6% · 188
20–245.0% · 204
25–3412.6% · 518
35–4917.6% · 724
50–6423.6% · 969
65–7411.9% · 490
75–847.5% · 309
85+2.7% · 112
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.2% · 252
1 car or van44.1% · 843
2 cars or vans31.1% · 594
3 or more11.6% · 222
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Erewash overall: 69.9% owned, 12.7% social rented, 16.8% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 747
With mortgage30.8% · 588
Shared ownership0.1% · 1
Social rented11.7% · 224
Private rented18.3% · 349
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house31.1% · 594
Semi-detached house38.3% · 732
Terraced house13.8% · 263
Purpose-built flat10.0% · 192
Converted house0.6% · 12
Other conversion5.5% · 106
Above shop / office0.6% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010609- Council
- Erewash Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Breaston, Sandiacre
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 19
Parishes in the ward
Draycott and Church WilneHopwellRisleySandiacre
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAwsworth Road16.0% aged 65+ · 54.8% owned5,149BBreaston31.7% aged 65+ · 84.3% owned4,370CCotmanhay19.7% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned5,080DDerby Road East13.4% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned5,469DDerby Road West23.6% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned6,913HHallam 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.