#1Makeney
4,691 peopleMean household income·£58,167 after tax·#204 of 2,178 in England and Wales
Makeney, #1 on this list · Photo: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0Derbyshire rankings · Income
Towns with the highest household incomes in Derbyshire
Makeney has the highest household incomes of Derbyshire’s 59 towns of 2,500+: £71,568 a year before tax, on average (ONS, 2022–23). The typical town here averages £48,236.
ONS small-area income estimates, financial year ending 2023: the mean income of a household before tax (ONS models means, not medians, for small areas), averaged over the town’s neighbourhoods. A described list: no letters. The rank across England and Wales sits beside each figure.
#1£71,568
#T2Etwall
3,080 peopleMean household income·£52,435 after tax·#258 of 2,178 in England and Wales
#T2Hilton
8,269 peopleMean household income·£52,435 after tax·#258 of 2,178 in England and Wales
All 59 towns, ranked
Mean household income, highest first. Small towns sit inside one ONS area of 5,000 to 15,000 people, so their figure is partly their surroundings’. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England and Wales links to the national list.
59 towns.
#TownMean household incomeAfter taxUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Derbyshire has the highest household income?
Makeney: its households average £71,568 a year before tax (£58,167 after). Etwall and Hilton follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By mean household income before tax in ONS’s small-area estimates (April 2022 to March 2023), highest first: each neighbourhood’s figure weighted by its share of the town’s residents.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Derbyshire’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Derbyshire is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live59 towns · #1 ReptonBest small towns40 towns · #1 ReptonMost affordable towns59 towns · #1 SwadlincoteSafest towns59 towns · #1 ReptonTowns with the best schools59 towns · #1 MakeneyHealthiest towns59 towns · #1 MakeneyBest towns for jobs & income59 towns · #1 MakeneyMost walkable towns59 towns · #1 BakewellTowns with the lowest flood risk59 towns · #1 Alfreton and 12 moreBest towns for the outdoors59 towns · #1 Darley DaleMost historic towns59 towns · #1 BakewellTowns with the most civic life59 towns · #1 BakewellTowns with the lowest council tax59 towns · #1 DerbyDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters59 towns · #1 Long EatonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers59 towns · #1 Breaston and Draycott and Long EatonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers59 towns · #1 BuxtonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts59 towns · #1 DerbyDescribed, no lettersDriest towns59 towns · #1 Long EatonDescribed, no lettersWettest towns59 towns · #1 BuxtonDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the highest household incomes, county by county
BedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
Sources: ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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