RUSTON CLOSE, DE11 0BJ House Prices & Local Information

DE11 0BJ is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Ruston Close, 0.8km from Church Gresley in Swadlincote. Administratively it sits within Swadlincote ward and the South Derbyshire constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DE11 0BJ is an area with a high proportion of elderly residents, often in communal housing. By day, the area transitions to a low density wholesale and retail character: low density wholesale and retail in mostly white areas, often on urban fringe or close to transport nodes. An average age of 37 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 33% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 101 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: With prices averaging £176k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 29.0% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for DE11 0BJ are sourced from Output Area E00100588 (shared with 43 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.