Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 56 min4:39 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 34 min8:16 am – 3:50 pm
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People6,069 residentsin the West Hallam census areaMedian age 51.92,596 households88% of homes owner-occupied52% owned outright2% social rented, 10% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting2.7% unemployment rate57% of adults are economically active, 2,859 in work, 34% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 16%, construction 12%, manufacturing 12%Getting to work: 29% work from home, 63% go by car, 2% take public transport, 5% walk or cycle60% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages31% of adults hold a degree or higher16% have no qualifications, 9% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C710 mm of rain a year, 18 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October43 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 spacesShipley Country Parkpark · under a mile · 300 haPewit Coronation Meadowspark · under a mile · 11 haStraws Bridgepark · under a mile · 5 haMillhouse Fieldsplaying field · 1.0 mi · 3 haRutland Sports Parksports ground · under a mile · 9 haGranby Park Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.4 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes192 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 22 Sep 200246 mi away, Dudley, W MidlandsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202550 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: 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 8.8 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband97% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband98% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,677 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation82 m269 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 50 to 100 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalIlkeston Community Hospital Cdc1.3 miGP surgeryWest Hallam Medical Ctr11 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyEvans Pharmacy9 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistHeanor Road (Dental Surgery)1.3 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi22 schools17 primary, 3 secondary, 1 special, 1 otherSecondarySaint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academyages 11-16, 625 pupilsunder a milePrimaryMapperley CofE Controlled Primary Schoolages 5-11, 53 pupilsunder a milePrimaryScargill CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 279 pupils1.0 miCollegeDerby College6.3 miUniversityUniversity of Nottingham6.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA9.9 miRailway stationIlkeston1.9 miBus stationWood StreetIlkeston1.5 miBus stops51 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DE7 postcode district.
