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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People8,006 residentsin the Heanor South & Shipley Park census areaMedian age 40.13,625 households52% of homes owner-occupied28% owned outright28% social rented, 20% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting5.6% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 3,545 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 19%, manufacturing 16%, health and social work 14%Getting to work: 17% work from home, 64% go by car, 6% take public transport, 12% walk or cycle62% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages19% of adults hold a degree or higher27% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 98%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C734 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October45 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)
Nearby landmarksCoppice Lakelake · under a mileShipley Lakelake · under a mileMapperley Reservoirreservoir · 1.3 miShipley Hillhill · under a mileOsborne's Pondpond · under a mileHogg's Pondpond · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesShipley Country Parkpark · under a mile · 300 haHeanor Memorial Parkpark · under a mile · 3 haTom Norman Memorial Gardenspark · 1.0 miThe William Gregg Leisure Centresports ground · under a mileAldercar Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.2 mi · 2 haHall Parkplaying field · 1.5 mi · 11 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes216 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197021 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200850 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202548 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 9.0 · PM2.5 7.1 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband98% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,906 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation120 m394 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 56 to 128 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalHeanor Memorial Hospital 2under a mileGP surgeryPark Surgery9 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPeak Pharmacy6 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgeryunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi23 schools17 primary, 3 secondary, 2 special, 1 otherPrimaryMarlpool Infant Schoolages 4-7, 28 pupilsunder a milePrimaryMarlpool Junior Schoolages 7-11, 90 pupilsunder a mileSecondaryHeanor Gate Spencer Academyages 11-18, 1,493 pupils1.3 miCollegeDerby College7.8 miUniversityUniversity of Nottingham7.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA12 miRailway stationLangley Mill1.0 miBus stationWood StreetIlkeston2.6 miBus stops81 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DE75 postcode district.
