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A town of 2,766 in Derbyshire, East Midlands.
Repton grades A+ overall against UK towns: better than almost every UK town, and #1 of 59 in Derbyshire. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A): mean household income £67,105; 0.8% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £365,000 in the last three years, 6.4 times what households in the South Derbyshire council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Repton does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Repton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 40 buildings inside Repton’s built-up area, 6 of them Grade I.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Repton.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes built before 1919 account for nearly a quarter of the housing. Repton’s listed buildings include the Church of St Wystan, Grade I. Per 10,000 residents, Repton counts 145 listed buildings, above both Derbyshire’s towns (23) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
At the 4 primary schools within 3 km, 68% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one school is below. 231 pupils attend Repton’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repton Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 231 | C+ |
Self-reported good health: 88% of Repton’s residents. 2.6% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below Derbyshire’s towns (6%) and England’s towns (5.2%) alike. Also worth knowing: the town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.2 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Repton | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.6% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 2.2 reports per 1,000, below both Derbyshire’s towns (8.7) and England’s towns (7.8). Violent crime comes to 14.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Police figures for Repton’s built-up area: 87 crimes and 5 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 53% of recorded crime.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
9% live in social housing, below Derbyshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private rents average £882 a month across the South Derbyshire council area. Half of the 103 standard sales inside Repton’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £365,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £507,500 | 54 |
| Semi-detached | £265,000 | 29 |
| Terraced | £267,500 | 16 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Work in town: 15% of resident commuters. 83% of commuters drove, above both Derbyshire’s towns (80%) and England’s towns (70%). Jobs per working resident: 1.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Degrees are held by 44% of adults, higher than both Derbyshire’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (34%). Line up the people of Repton by age and the one in the middle is 39.9. 18% of residents have reached 65.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Repton | Derbyshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 44% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Derbyshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
40 listed buildings in Repton, 6 of them Grade I.
Market Cross: Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ridgeway Farmhouse: Photo: John Slater · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Chapel, Repton School: Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · St Wystans: Photo: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Repton.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repton | 2,766 | — | A+ | A− | A− | A |
| Willington | 2,717 | 1.1 | A+ | A | B+ | B+ |
| Findern | 1,608 | 2.5 | — | A | A | B− |
| Stretton | 4,646 | 3.1 | A− | A− | A− | B− |
| Etwall | 3,080 | 3.6 | A | B+ | B | B |
| Rolleston on Dove | 2,902 | 4.2 | A− | C+ | A | B+ |
| Hilton | 8,269 | 4.2 | A+ | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Swadlincote | 34,569 | 4.2 | C | A+ | C− | C− |
Findern has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 5.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Priory gateway, precinct walls, the Tithe Barn and The Lodge, Repton School.
Primary results beat 81% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Derbyshire council.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £365,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £267,500, semi-detached houses £265,000 and detached houses £507,500. Household incomes are higher than in 84% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades A−.
Town in Derbyshire, England
Repton is a built-up area of 2,766 people, in the South Derbyshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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