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Electoral wardE05012046

Dronfield North ward, North East Derbyshire

Dronfield North is one of 24 electoral wards of North East Derbyshire District Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,660 residents in 1,682 households — 1,563 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North East Derbyshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Dronfield & Unstone division.

Residents, 20213,660council ward average 4,250
Households1,6822.18 residents per household
Density1,563/ km²about 2.34 km² · North East Derbyshire 370
Aged 65+23.1%North East Derbyshire: 24.8% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 158
5–95.8% · 212
10–158.0% · 293
16–194.3% · 159
20–244.0% · 148
25–3410.3% · 378
35–4918.1% · 663
50–6422.0% · 805
65–749.6% · 350
75–848.4% · 307
85+5.1% · 188

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.9% · 352
1 car or van45.2% · 761
2 cars or vans26.6% · 447
3 or more7.3% · 122
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North East Derbyshire overall: 70.5% owned, 18.7% social rented, 10.0% private rented.

Owned outright30.7% · 516
With mortgage28.0% · 472
Shared ownership1.0% · 16
Social rented32.3% · 543
Private rented7.8% · 132
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house16.4% · 276
Semi-detached house52.3% · 880
Terraced house13.0% · 219
Purpose-built flat16.1% · 270
Converted house0.8% · 14
Other conversion0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.9% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
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.