South Derbyshire: local statistics
South Derbyshire is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 119,441 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 South Derbyshire, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates that 119,441 people lived in South Derbyshire in mid-2025, up 1.9% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 22.3%; the East Midlands grew by 8.6% over the same years. That is the fastest growth of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The median full-time employee living in South Derbyshire was paid £828.30 a week before tax in April 2025 (£41,520 a year). It is the 3rd highest in the East Midlands, and 14.9% more than across the East Midlands. For full-time jobs located in South Derbyshire the median is £775.10 a week (−£53.20 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £514.90: a change of +61% before inflation.
In the year to March 2026, 6,195 offences were recorded by police in South Derbyshire: 51.9 per 1,000 people, the 28th highest rate of all 32 council areas in the East Midlands. The rate was 56.9 in the year to March 2024. Across the 10 years shown it ranged from 34.0 to 57.0 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The claimant count for South Derbyshire stood at 1,705 in August 2026, or 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the East Midlands: 3.5%). The rate was the same a year earlier. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.0% in August 2021 and was lowest at 1.9% in January 2023.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in South Derbyshire at £261,544 for July 2026, a rise of 4.7% in twelve months. It ranks as 10th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest; the average for the East Midlands was £242,274. Prices are 41% 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 South Derbyshire (£41,520) gives a ratio of 6.3. That ratio is the 22nd highest ratio of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
Average Band D council tax in South Derbyshire is £2,339.61 for 2026-27, up £107.75 on 2025-26. It is the 27th highest of 35 in the East Midlands. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,588.52, so it has risen 47%.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 79.5% of South Derbyshire residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 6.3 points either way, against 75.4% across the East Midlands. Its lowest reading in the series was 74.1% and its highest 88.2%.
Life expectancy at birth in South Derbyshire is 83.4 years for women and 80.4 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.4 years for women and +1.2 for men. It is close to the middle of all 35 council areas in the East Midlands (16th highest for women).
The ONS counted 4,335 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in South Derbyshire in March 2026, 9% more than in 2016. That is 36 for every 1,000 residents, 27th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 97,682 |
| 2016 | 98,630 |
| 2017 | 99,868 |
| 2018 | 101,194 |
| 2019 | 103,315 |
| 2020 | 105,265 |
| 2021 | 108,051 |
| 2022 | 111,144 |
| 2023 | 114,296 |
| 2024 | 117,169 |
| 2025 | 119,441 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £185,078 |
| July 2017 | £194,485 |
| July 2018 | £194,616 |
| July 2019 | £193,130 |
| July 2020 | £196,436 |
| July 2021 | £215,511 |
| July 2022 | £235,876 |
| July 2023 | £244,672 |
| July 2024 | £241,442 |
| July 2025 | £249,897 |
| July 2026 | £261,544 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £514.90 a week |
| 2016 | £557.60 a week |
| 2017 | £574.20 a week |
| 2018 | £595.40 a week |
| 2019 | £625.00 a week |
| 2020 | £633.10 a week |
| 2021 | £630.10 a week |
| 2022 | £682.50 a week |
| 2023 | £711.90 a week |
| 2024 | £758.80 a week |
| 2025 | £828.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,588.52 |
| 2017-18 | £1,644.89 |
| 2018-19 | £1,722.46 |
| 2019-20 | £1,801.99 |
| 2020-21 | £1,843.75 |
| 2021-22 | £1,898.29 |
| 2022-23 | £1,956.79 |
| 2023-24 | £2,032.62 |
| 2024-25 | £2,128.54 |
| 2025-26 | £2,231.86 |
| 2026-27 | £2,339.61 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 34.0 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 39.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 41.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 41.4 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 53.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 51.4 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 55.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 57.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 56.9 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 51.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.1% |
| 2016/17 | 82.4% |
| 2017/18 | 79.0% |
| 2018/19 | 82.6% |
| 2019/20 | 88.2% |
| 2020/21 | 77.3% |
| 2021/22 | 78.8% |
| 2022/23 | 75.4% |
| 2023/24 | 81.7% |
| 2024/25 | 82.0% |
| 2025/26 | 79.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.0 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.3 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,990 |
| 2017 | 4,090 |
| 2018 | 4,100 |
| 2019 | 4,130 |
| 2020 | 4,210 |
| 2021 | 4,220 |
| 2022 | 4,685 |
| 2023 | 4,695 |
| 2024 | 4,415 |
| 2025 | 4,285 |
| 2026 | 4,335 |
Questions about South Derbyshire
What is the population of South Derbyshire?
119,441 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average salary in South Derbyshire?
Median pay for full-time employees living in South Derbyshire was £828.30 a week in April 2025 (£41,520 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the crime rate in South Derbyshire?
Home Office figures show 6,195 offences in the year to March 2026, or 51.9 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in South Derbyshire?
1,705 in August 2026 (2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average house price in South Derbyshire?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £261,544.
How much is Band D council tax in South Derbyshire?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,339.61 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in South Derbyshire?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.4 years for men and 83.4 for women.
Who has power over South Derbyshire
Every body that makes decisions for South Derbyshire, 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
- South Derbyshire council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- South Derbyshire 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
- 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
- Derbyshire Dales: John Whitby (Labour) MP
- South Derbyshire: Samantha Niblett (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 weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Broxtowe · Erewash · Gedling · Hinckley and Bosworth · Mansfield · North Kesteven
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