United Kingdom · East Midlands · Local Authority
Erewash
Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands, England · population ~115k · 47 state-funded schools
Affordable housing paired with modest earnings defines the market in Erewash. A median house costs 5.7 times annual gross pay, a ratio that sits below the East Midlands median, while rent consumes 26.5% of median gross earnings. These lower costs are offset by pay that remains below the regional median at £724 per week. While the area ranks among the better performers in the region for school quality, with 93.3% of pupils in Good or Outstanding settings, crime and deprivation levels are both slightly above the regional median. This location is a pragmatic choice for those seeking a lower barrier to homeownership, provided they are comfortable with a local labour market that lags behind the wider region.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Erewash ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£37,648/yr
Low
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
House price
£215,000
Affordable
Better than 75% of UK LAs
Rent
£831/mo
Affordable
Better than 69% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,361/yr
Cheap
Better than 66% of UK LAs
Crime
72.0/1k
Mid
Around UK average
Deprivation
18.8
Mid
Around UK average
Schools
78.7%
Concerning
Worse than 99% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
53 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
37 of 47 (78.7%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 6 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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47 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 47 schools, sortable and filterable.
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