Erewash: local statistics
Erewash is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 113,474 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 Erewash, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In mid-2025 the population of Erewash was estimated at 113,474, down 0.3% on a year earlier. That is 510 fewer people than in mid-2015, a fall of 0.4% (the East Midlands: +8.6%). That is the slowest growth in the East Midlands. The series peaked at 114,249 in mid-2016.
An estimated 82.2% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Erewash were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 6.7 points either way, against 75.4% across the East Midlands. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 73.6% to 86.4%.
The average house price in Erewash was £217,941 in July 2026, up 2.3% on July 2025. It ranks as the 24th highest of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands (regional average £242,274). Prices are 52% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 6.0 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Erewash. That ratio is the 27th highest ratio of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
Police recorded 8,495 crimes in Erewash in the year to March 2026, 74.9 for every 1,000 residents, 10th of 32 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest rate. The rate was 82.7 in the year to March 2024. The highest rate in the series was 82.7, in the year to March 2024. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in Erewash pays an average of £2,360.64 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.5% more than in 2025-26. It is the 25th highest of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,592.73, so it has risen 48%.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Erewash had a life expectancy at birth of 82.1 years; for men it was 78.6, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.9 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.1 less. It is 25th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest for women.
The claimant count for Erewash stood at 2,360 in August 2026, or 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East Midlands was 3.5%. The rate was the same a year earlier. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 3.0% (October 2023) and 4.3% (August 2021).
Full-time employees living in Erewash earned a median £724.00 a week in April 2025 (£36,290 a year). It is the 22nd highest of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands, and 0.4% more than across the East Midlands. For full-time jobs located in Erewash the median is £700.30 a week (−£23.70 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £507.20, so it has risen 43% before inflation.
The ONS counted 4,300 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Erewash in March 2026, 1% more than in 2016. That is 38 for every 1,000 residents, 26th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 113,984 |
| 2016 | 114,249 |
| 2017 | 114,129 |
| 2018 | 114,181 |
| 2019 | 113,711 |
| 2020 | 113,348 |
| 2021 | 113,039 |
| 2022 | 112,905 |
| 2023 | 113,988 |
| 2024 | 113,816 |
| 2025 | 113,474 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £143,234 |
| July 2017 | £154,051 |
| July 2018 | £161,063 |
| July 2019 | £165,415 |
| July 2020 | £169,005 |
| July 2021 | £186,724 |
| July 2022 | £209,212 |
| July 2023 | £217,002 |
| July 2024 | £209,805 |
| July 2025 | £213,064 |
| July 2026 | £217,941 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £507.20 a week |
| 2016 | £508.40 a week |
| 2017 | £530.50 a week |
| 2018 | £549.30 a week |
| 2019 | £567.80 a week |
| 2020 | £559.00 a week |
| 2021 | £611.30 a week |
| 2022 | £636.50 a week |
| 2023 | £661.30 a week |
| 2024 | £687.80 a week |
| 2025 | £724.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,592.73 |
| 2017-18 | £1,649.58 |
| 2018-19 | £1,730.86 |
| 2019-20 | £1,812.97 |
| 2020-21 | £1,857.20 |
| 2021-22 | £1,912.81 |
| 2022-23 | £1,972.29 |
| 2023-24 | £2,054.20 |
| 2024-25 | £2,155.12 |
| 2025-26 | £2,260.06 |
| 2026-27 | £2,360.64 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 49.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 50.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 57.8 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 56.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 72.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 65.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 75.9 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 81.1 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 82.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 74.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 84.2% |
| 2016/17 | 86.4% |
| 2017/18 | 82.7% |
| 2018/19 | 76.8% |
| 2019/20 | 83.5% |
| 2020/21 | 80.1% |
| 2021/22 | 73.6% |
| 2022/23 | 76.0% |
| 2023/24 | 82.9% |
| 2024/25 | 82.9% |
| 2025/26 | 82.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.8 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,240 |
| 2017 | 4,360 |
| 2018 | 4,465 |
| 2019 | 4,435 |
| 2020 | 4,405 |
| 2021 | 4,400 |
| 2022 | 4,635 |
| 2023 | 4,695 |
| 2024 | 4,445 |
| 2025 | 4,330 |
| 2026 | 4,300 |
Questions about Erewash
What is the population of Erewash?
113,474 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average house price in Erewash?
£217,941 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.3% on a year).
What is the crime rate in Erewash?
74.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Erewash?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,360.64 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Erewash?
82.1 years for women and 78.6 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Erewash?
The ONS claimant count was 2,360 in August 2026, 3.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average salary in Erewash?
£724.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Erewash
Every body that makes decisions for Erewash, 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
- Erewash council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Erewash 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
- NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 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
- Erewash: Adam Thompson (Labour) MP
- Mid Derbyshire: Jonathan Davies (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 employment rate · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Blaby · Broxtowe · Hinckley and Bosworth · Mansfield · North East Derbyshire · North West Leicestershire
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