Chesterfield: local statistics
Chesterfield is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 106,419 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Chesterfield, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In mid-2025 the population of Chesterfield was estimated at 106,419, a change of +0.6% in a year. That is 2,004 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 1.9%; the East Midlands grew by 8.6% over the same years. That is the 32nd fastest growth of 35 in the East Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Chesterfield at £203,367 for July 2026, a rise of 4.7% in twelve months. That is the 29th highest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands; the average for the East Midlands was £242,274. Prices are 44% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Chesterfield (£35,920) gives a ratio of 5.7. That ratio is 32nd of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest ratio.
Police recorded 10,682 crimes in Chesterfield in the year to March 2026, 100.4 for every 1,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 32 in the East Midlands. That compares with 101.5 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 10 years shown it ranged from 54.0 to 101.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
A girl born in Chesterfield in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 81.6 years and a boy 77.6 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.5 years for women and -0.9 for men. It is the 30th highest for women of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Chesterfield is £2,339.49, 4.8% more than in 2025-26. It is the 28th highest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,577.60, so it has risen 48%.
3.4% of Chesterfield residents aged 16 to 64 (2,215 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.5% in the East Midlands. A year earlier the rate was 3.5%. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.7% in August 2021 and was lowest at 3.2% in October 2022.
Full-time employees living in Chesterfield earned a median £717.70 a week in April 2025 (£35,920 a year). It is the 23rd highest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands, and 0.4% less than across the East Midlands. Jobs based in Chesterfield paid a median £723.60 a week, £5.90 more than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £471.40: a change of +52% before inflation.
The ONS counted 4,220 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Chesterfield in March 2026, 3% more than in 2016. There are 40 per 1,000 residents, the 22nd highest of 35 in the East Midlands.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 77.7% of Chesterfield residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 6.6 points); the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 64.1% to 83.4%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 104,415 |
| 2016 | 104,347 |
| 2017 | 104,236 |
| 2018 | 104,056 |
| 2019 | 104,154 |
| 2020 | 103,761 |
| 2021 | 103,673 |
| 2022 | 104,118 |
| 2023 | 105,217 |
| 2024 | 105,807 |
| 2025 | 106,419 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £141,166 |
| July 2017 | £146,982 |
| July 2018 | £157,204 |
| July 2019 | £158,252 |
| July 2020 | £162,028 |
| July 2021 | £175,105 |
| July 2022 | £191,470 |
| July 2023 | £191,635 |
| July 2024 | £192,232 |
| July 2025 | £194,324 |
| July 2026 | £203,367 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £471.40 a week |
| 2016 | £511.30 a week |
| 2017 | £496.90 a week |
| 2018 | £481.60 a week |
| 2019 | £511.80 a week |
| 2020 | £494.20 a week |
| 2021 | £547.70 a week |
| 2022 | £601.20 a week |
| 2023 | £599.10 a week |
| 2024 | £665.70 a week |
| 2025 | £717.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,577.60 |
| 2017-18 | £1,634.39 |
| 2018-19 | £1,714.44 |
| 2019-20 | £1,796.02 |
| 2020-21 | £1,839.44 |
| 2021-22 | £1,895.04 |
| 2022-23 | £1,953.62 |
| 2023-24 | £2,034.06 |
| 2024-25 | £2,129.91 |
| 2025-26 | £2,233.12 |
| 2026-27 | £2,339.49 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 56.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 54.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 54.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 61.9 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 89.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 82.7 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 97.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 93.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 101.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 100.4 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.4% |
| 2016/17 | 69.8% |
| 2017/18 | 69.3% |
| 2018/19 | 69.9% |
| 2019/20 | 64.1% |
| 2020/21 | 74.5% |
| 2021/22 | 76.3% |
| 2022/23 | 77.1% |
| 2023/24 | 71.6% |
| 2024/25 | 83.4% |
| 2025/26 | 77.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.6 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,115 |
| 2017 | 4,200 |
| 2018 | 4,135 |
| 2019 | 4,130 |
| 2020 | 4,220 |
| 2021 | 4,430 |
| 2022 | 4,195 |
| 2023 | 4,165 |
| 2024 | 4,125 |
| 2025 | 4,115 |
| 2026 | 4,220 |
Questions about Chesterfield
What is the population of Chesterfield?
The ONS estimates 106,419 people lived in Chesterfield in mid-2025.
What is the average house price in Chesterfield?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £203,367.
What is the crime rate in Chesterfield?
100.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is life expectancy in Chesterfield?
81.6 years for women and 77.6 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Chesterfield?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,339.49 for 2026-27.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Chesterfield?
The ONS claimant count was 2,215 in August 2026, 3.4% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average salary in Chesterfield?
£717.70 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Chesterfield
Every body that makes decisions for Chesterfield, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Chesterfield council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Chesterfield in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Derbyshire County Council county council
- East Midlands Combined Authority combined authority
- Derbyshire Constabulary police force
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- East Midlands in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Chesterfield: Mr Toby Perkins (Labour) MP
- North East Derbyshire: Louise Sandher-Jones (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: The year to March 2025 is left out because the Home Office says some Derbyshire offences were not assigned to a partnership that year. Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK population · UK average house price · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Blaby · Harborough · Lincoln · North East Derbyshire · South Holland · West Lindsey
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