Is Dronfield Woodhouse, Derbyshire a nice place to live?

Is Dronfield Woodhouse a nice place to live or is Dronfield Woodhouse a bit rough? For us there are a number of factors that make any town a nice place to live, like a low crime rate, low levels of deprivation, the good health of the residents, rent affordability and excellent wages. In this article we will see if Dronfield Woodhouse meets our criteria.

How likely are you to a victim of crime in Dronfield Woodhouse?

The English Indices of Deprivation has a crime element for Dronfield Woodhouse. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. Naturally rural areas have less crime than urban areas, but for this part of our town assessment we've looked at the 10 wards nearest to the centre of Dronfield Woodhouse. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5

#	Ward	Crime Rank
1	Dronfield South	31895
2	Gosforth Valley	31044
3	Barlow & Holmesfield	29432
4	Dronfield North	29379
5	Unstone	29330
6	Dronfield Woodhouse	28963
7	Coal Aston	27951
8	Dunston	26124
9	Graves Park	16615
10	Beauchief and Greenhill	11481

Is Dronfield Woodhouse a healthy place to live?

If you are thinking of moving to Dronfield Woodhouse, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. For this section of the town assessment, we've examined government health statistics from the 2021 Census General Health question and the Indices of Multiple Deprivation's health element.The table below shows what percentage of Dronfield Woodhouse residents answered saying their health was either bad or very bad. To pass this section, the local authority has to have a percentage score less than or equal to 7%.

Local Authority	%
Derbyshire Dales	4.57
Sheffield	6.03
North East Derbyshire (Dronfield Woodhouse)	6.48
Chesterfield	7.24

The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Dronfield Woodhouse. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average LSOA rank for 10 wards nearest to the centre of Dronfield Woodhouse. To pass this section, 8 out of 10 of these wards need to be above the English national average rank of 16422.5.

#	Ward	Health Rank
1	Barlow & Holmesfield (Best)	27453
2	Gosforth Valley	22550
3	Dronfield Woodhouse	21769
4	Dronfield South	20483
5	Coal Aston	19479
6	Unstone	16161
7	Graves Park	15017
8	Beauchief and Greenhill	11385
9	Dronfield North	11032
10	Dunston (Worst)	3109

Is Dronfield Woodhouse rough?

Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average rank for 10 wards in and around Dronfield Woodhouse. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space. To pass this section as the town assessment, 8 out of 10 wards must have a ranking higher than the English average of 16422.5

#	Ward	Deprivation Rank
1	Dronfield Woodhouse	30515
2	Gosforth Valley	30341
3	Dronfield South	28293
4	Coal Aston	26852
5	Graves Park	20992
6	Barlow & Holmesfield	20963
7	Dronfield North	18074
8	Beauchief and Greenhill	15271
9	Unstone	13402
10	Dunston	7308

How affordable are the rents in Dronfield Woodhouse?

Every six months the Office for National statitics publishes a snapshot of rental costs. These market rental statistics are dated September 2023. We have used the median rental figure for this assessment as we believe this is a more realistic figure than the average (mean) that can be skewed by artificially low and high rents. To pass this section, Dronfield Woodhouse rents for each size property have to be less than 5% more than the median rent for Derbyshire.

Beds	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire
1	£425	£450
2	£550	£575
3	£695	£650
4	£900	£950

How much can I earn in Dronfield Woodhouse per week?

If you are thinking of moving to Dronfield Woodhouse, you'll want to know how much you can earn in a job in the town. Every year the government publishes statistics on gross weekly pay, these figures are for September 2023. To pass this section Dronfield Woodhouse's local authority needs to be in first or second place compared to the three nearest local authorities.

#	Local Authority	Median Pw
1	Derbyshire Dales	£736.70
2	North East Derbyshire (Dronfield Woodhouse)	£653.20
3	Sheffield	£646.30
4	Chesterfield	£605.00

So, is Dronfield Woodhouse a nice place to live?

* Probably.