Living in Derby

In Derby, the median gross salary is €4,078 a month (2025) and tenants pay an average rent of €1,005 a month (2026).

Derby's population was 275,575 at the end of 2021. The regional median gross salary reached €3,330 per month at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 4.08% at the end of 2018.

Last checked 2026-09-2333 sources

Population275,575people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary4,078EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis, NOMIS table NM_99_1 (ONS)

Average rent1,005EUR/month31 Aug 2026Official source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority

Unemployment rate4.08%country median 3.4% — 20% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime11,151offences per 100,000country median 9,646 — 16% aboveOfficial source · Office for National Statistics

PM2.5, annual mean11µg/m³31 Dec 2019Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Higher unemployment than 71% of United Kingdom cities that publish it, more recorded crime than 74% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and dirtier air than any other United Kingdom city that publishes it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Derby?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Derby.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Derby. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150²Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹⁹Official · national market
Rent price index, mean	1,005 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), UK: monthly price statistics, 16 September 2026 edition¹⁸Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,005 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority¹⁴Official

Is Derby a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–60%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–70%

Student43%strong on education, weak on work · range 36–50%

Family53%strong on family, weak on cost · range 45–61%

Retirement31%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 20–42%

Work and income

The employment rate of 56.5% was recorded at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, 124,245 comprised the workforce in Derby.

What is the typical salary in Derby?

The median gross salary is about 4,078 EUR/month (2025). The regional series (home-region basis, 2024) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

Median gross salary: 4,078 EUR/month · Annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis, NOMIS table NM_99_1 (ONS)¹
Median gross salary (regional): 3,330 EUR/month · 2026-08-06 · Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹¹

What is the unemployment rate in Derby?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (2018).

Unemployment rate: 4.08 % · Eurostat⁵

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Derby is 4.1%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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263

0–22–44–66–88–1010–1216–18

Derby 4.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	56.5 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Median gross salary	4,078 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis, NOMIS table NM_99_1 (ONS)¹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,330 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)¹¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.08 %country median 3.4%	31 Dec 2018	Eurostat⁵Official

Unemployment rate over time7 published observations, 2004–2018

3.6%

5.6%

7.6%

9.6%

4.1%2004201120162018

Unemployment rate fell 43.2% between 2004 and 2018, from 7.2% to 4.1%.

What does a salary buy in Derby?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,239of €3,280 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,280
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, Table 1: average monthly rent price by local authority · 2026-08-31	− €1,005
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,239

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Derby Salary needed to live in Derby

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Derby. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Jobcentre Plus — Public employment service

Department for Work and Pensions

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Derby. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	107 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official
Schools	158 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)³Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Derby's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
GP practices	60 count	30 Sept 2026	ODS GP Practices report (epraccur)⁶Official
Pharmacies	66 count	30 Sept 2026	ODS Pharmacy/Dispensaries report (edispensary)⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Derby under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Derby?

Police recorded about 11,151 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 11,151 offences per 100,000 · Office for National Statistics¹⁰

Recorded crime across major citiesDerby highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Derby11,151

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Burglaries per 100,000 residents	328.7 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2026	PFA tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C2 counts; Table C4 rates and mid-2024 population)¹⁷Official
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	11,151 offences per 100,000country median 9,646	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics¹⁰Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents	4,625 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2026	PFA tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C2 counts; Table C4 rates and mid-2024 population)¹⁷Official

Mobility and administration

Derby's nearest airport was EMA, 14 km away and offered 57 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	57 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	14 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	EMA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official

Climate and air quality

At the end of 2019, annual PM2.5 reached 11 µg/m³.

Is the air quality good in Derby?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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7°2°

8°2°

10°3°

13°5°

16°7°

19°10°

21°12°

18°10°

14°7°

10°4°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.511WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomOf 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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487

200

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1013–14

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	11 µg/m³	31 Dec 2019	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 6.9 · Feb 7.7 · Mar 10.1 · Apr 13.2 · May 16.4 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 21.5 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 18.1 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 9.8 · Dec 7.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.6 · Feb 1.7 · Mar 3 · Apr 4.8 · May 7.4 · Jun 10.4 · Jul 12.4 · Aug 12.3 · Sep 10.2 · Oct 7.4 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.3 · Feb 4.7 · Mar 6.5 · Apr 9 · May 11.9 · Jun 14.8 · Jul 16.9 · Aug 16.7 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 7 · Dec 4.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²³Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.1 · Feb 49.8 · Mar 45.5 · Apr 47.6 · May 49.8 · Jun 66.7 · Jul 65.2 · Aug 63.6 · Sep 57.4 · Oct 71.7 · Nov 69.5 · Dec 69.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Kingston upon Hull ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±1.0 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±1.1 °C, Neustadt in Holstein (Germany) ±1.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The median age was 37 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Derby?

The published population was 275,575 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	275,575 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁹Official

International community in Derby

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	222,010	80.6%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	33,290	12.1%
Europe: EU countries	20,270	7.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	30.3 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Workers aged 16 and over	124,245 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Median age	37 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁸Official
Universities	1 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Derby

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Coventry as a Derby alternative in the same region

56 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 5.0% Coventry vs 4.1% Derby+22%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,836 Coventry vs 11,151 Derby−21%
Residents: 344,285 Coventry vs 275,575 Derby+25%
Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Coventry vs 11.0 µg/m³ Derby−9%
Median gross pay, city: €4,015 Coventry vs €4,078 Derbysame level
Median gross pay, region: €3,346 Coventry vs €3,330 Derbysame level

Full comparison More about Coventry

Westminster as a Derby alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 183 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, city: €5,245 Westminster vs €4,078 Derby+29%
Median gross pay, region: €4,316 Westminster vs €3,330 Derby+30%
Annual PM2.5: 14.0 µg/m³ Westminster vs 11.0 µg/m³ Derby+27%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 35,547 (2026) Westminster vs 11,151 (2024) Derbyno percentage

Full comparison More about Westminster

Cities near Derby

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Derby, nearest in population first.

All United Kingdom cities

Kingston upon Hull270,810 residents Harrow269,993 residents Plymouth266,955 residents Newcastle upon Tyne286,445 residents Stoke-on-Trent260,560 residents Bexley255,950 residents

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Derby in rankings

#4 of 30 in Highest salary cities in United Kingdom #16 of 30 in Largest cities in United Kingdom

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Derby?

The published population was 275,575 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Derby?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Derby?

Police recorded about 11,151 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Office for National Statistics.

What is the typical salary in Derby?

The median gross salary is about 4,078 EUR/month (2025). The regional series (home-region basis, 2024) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Annual survey of hours and earnings - workplace analysis, NOMIS table NM_99_1 (ONS).

What is the unemployment rate in Derby?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (2018). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Derby?

The median gross salary is 3,330 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Derby a good place to live?

Derby may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Derby?

Chaddesden, Sinfin, Kilburn, Wirksworth, Ilkeston are near Derby. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Derby?

The official country of birth distribution records 222,010 people (80.6%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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