DE22 3RD Derby
Live postcode, introduced August 1992. Ward: Abbey. Region: East Midlands.
Streets
- Upper Boundary Road, Derby: 24 addresses
- Melandra Court, New Zealand: 16 addresses
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 (63% of about 630 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 California Works, Parliament Street, Derby, permissioned (200 m)
- Elmhurst, Lonsdale Place, Rowditch, Derby, permissioned (320 m)
- Aston Engineering, Lonsdale Place, Rowditch, Derby, permissioned (340 m)
- Tanglewood Mill, Coke Street, Derby, permissioned (460 m)
- Rear of 126 Drewry Lane, Derby, permissioned (470 m)
- Quarndon Electronics, Slack Lane, Derby., permissioned (610 m)
- Former St Joseph’s Church Hall, Mill Hill Lane, Derby, permissioned (910 m)
- Derwent Court, Macklin Street, permissioned (940 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 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 | 2.1 km |
| Peartree 5,260 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Spondon 47,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m, 49 within 800 m; nearest Stockbrook Street St Lukes | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Derby | 1.6 km |
| Car parks | Abbey Street Car Park | 830 m |
| EV charging points | 12 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 820 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 14.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Vernon Street Medical Ctr | 840 m |
| Pharmacies | 15 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Abbey Pharmacy | 160 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Whitaker Dental Practice | 840 m |
| Hospital | Kingsway Hospital | 1.2 km |
| Police station | Derby City Centre Police Station | 1.5 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Rowditch Stores | 310 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 19% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 68% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 12% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 11% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 82% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 6% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 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 Upper Boundary Road.