Local servicesHospitalFlorence Nightingale Community Hospital Cdc2.7 miGP surgeryDerwent Valley Medical Practice8 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacySpondon Pharmacy8 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistChapel Street Dental Practiceunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi20 schools17 primary, 2 secondary, 1 specialPrimarySt Werburgh's CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 281 pupilsunder a milePrimaryBorrow Wood Primary Schoolages 3-11, 276 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryWest Park Schoolages 11-16, 1,454 pupilsunder a mileCollegeDerby College2.4 miUniversityUniversity of Derby4.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA6.8 miRailway stationSpondonunder a mileBus stationBus StationDerby2.8 miBus stops92 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 55 min4:39 am – 9:34 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 35 min8:16 am – 3:51 pm
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People7,054 residentsin the Spondon South census areaMedian age 41.63,012 households66% of homes owner-occupied35% owned outright20% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate59% of adults are economically active, 3,196 in work, 26% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 17%, health and social work 15%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 24% work from home, 62% go by car, 5% take public transport, 8% walk or cycle73% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages23% of adults hold a degree or higher21% have no qualifications, 9% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C699 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October41 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesSensory Gardenpark · under a mileElvaston Castle Country Parkpark · 1.4 mi · 97 haAlvaston Parkpark · 1.5 mi · 33 haCraddock Avenue Allotmentsallotments · under a mileAsterdale Sports and Leisure Centresports ground · under a mile · 10 haAnderson Electrical Arenaplaying field · under a mile · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes164 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197016 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200241 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 17 Jun 202544 mi away, Crewe, CheshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 12 · PM2.5 7.5 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for NO2 and PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)3,229 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation67 m220 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 39 to 106 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
