Ockbrook & Borrowash ward, Erewash

Ockbrook & Borrowash is one of 19 electoral wards of Erewash Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,167 residents in 3,149 households — 837 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Derbyshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Breaston and Sandiacre divisions.

Residents, 20217,167council ward average 5,942

Households3,1492.28 residents per household

Density837/ km²about 8.56 km² · Erewash 1,030

Aged 65+24.3%Erewash: 20.8% · under 16: 16.6%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 298

5–95.5% · 395

10–156.9% · 496

16–194.2% · 301

20–244.0% · 283

25–349.5% · 684

35–4918.9% · 1,351

50–6422.5% · 1,612

65–7412.1% · 865

75–848.6% · 619

85+3.6% · 260

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.2% · 448

1 car or van39.3% · 1,239

2 cars or vans35.6% · 1,121

3 or more10.8% · 341

Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.1% · 1,420

With mortgage32.1% · 1,010

Shared ownership0.8% · 25

Social rented10.3% · 325

Private rented11.7% · 367

Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house44.2% · 1,392

Semi-detached house43.9% · 1,384

Terraced house8.5% · 268

Purpose-built flat2.3% · 74

Converted house0.3% · 9

Other conversion0.1% · 3

Above shop / office0.6% · 19

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05010617
Council: Erewash Borough Council
County council: Derbyshire County Council
County division: Breaston, Sandiacre
Constituency: Mid Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands
Density rank in council: 14 of 19

Parishes in the ward

Ockbrook and Borrowash

Other wards in the same constituency

LLittle Eaton & Stanley27.3% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned4,359 WWest Hallam & Dale Abbey28.4% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned6,207

All 19 wards of Erewash

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.