DE21 4SX Derby
Live postcode, introduced August 1992. Ward: Chaddesden North. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Mansfield Road, Derby: 11 addresses
- Hampshire Road, Derby: 1 address
- Racecourse Industrial Park, Little Chester: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Derby in 2026-27: Band D £2,306 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,537 | £1,794 | £2,050 | £2,306 | £2,818 | £3,331 | £3,843 | £4,612 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (41% of about 880 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Former Council Office, Perth Street, Chaddesden, Derby, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Derby 4.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km |
| Peartree 5,260 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km | |
| Spondon 47,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m, 34 within 800 m; nearest Rollerworld Meteor Centre | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Derby | 1.7 km |
| Car parks | NCP | 1.9 km |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest Osprey Charging Station | 610 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 14.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Derwent Valley Medical Practice | 1.2 km |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Morrisons Pharmacy | 740 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Derwent Valley Dental Surgery | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | Florence Nightingale Community Hospital Cdc | 2.6 km |
| Police station | Derbyshire Constabulary Divisional Headquarters | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | Central England Co-Op - Breadsall, Breadsall Cashzone | 900 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Darley Abbey Park 26 ha | 940 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 520 m² | 800 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Darley Playing Fields 21 ha | 680 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Little Chester Allotments 4.4 ha | 370 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 33% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 74% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 87% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Mansfield Road.