Long Eaton Town
Erewash 012 · 4 sub-areas · 7,165 residents
Erewash 012 is a residential neighbourhood within Erewash, East Midlands, home to around 7,165 people. A typical two-bedroom home lets for about £785 a month — well under half what you'd pay for a comparable home in central London, and among the more affordable pockets in the region. The area skews notably towards single-person households, with nearly four in ten residents renting privately.
Long Eaton Town is a settled residential pocket of Erewash. The bigger gravitational centre is Sheffield, around 61 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for.
Overview
What's it like to live in Long Eaton Town?
2 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 11 restaurants and 6 pubs in five minutes; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £831 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Long Eaton Town in Erewash
Living in Long Eaton Town
Erewash 012 sits in the Erewash district of the East Midlands and has the feel of a settled, largely residential area — not a commuter hub pulling in workers from across the region, but a place where people actually live their everyday lives. With a deprivation score placing it in the second decile nationally, this is one of the more economically pressured parts of the East Midlands, though that also means rents stay genuinely affordable compared with most of England.
The cost picture here is straightforwardly low. A two-bedroom home runs around £785 a month — roughly a third below the UK national median for that size, and the kind of figure that makes Erewash 012 genuinely accessible for people on modest incomes. Rents crept up about 2.5% over the past year, which is modest by recent national standards. Buying is also realistic: the median sale price is around £173,000, and a typical deposit takes roughly 2.7 years to save on a local salary. The trade-off is that renting here takes around 42% of take-home pay, which is stretched even with low headline rents — reflecting that local wages are also modest, with the median resident salary sitting at around £31,700 a year.
Almost half of households here own their home, but private renters make up nearly a third of the area, and social housing accounts for close to one in five households — a notably higher social tenure share than many comparable East Midlands neighbourhoods. Single-person households are the dominant household type, at 42% of all homes. The population skews younger-adult, with over a quarter of residents aged 18–34, though under-18s at nearly 19% suggest families are present too.
Practically speaking, the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1.9 km away — about a 24-minute walk, though most residents drive, with nearly half commuting by car. Broadband coverage is strong: 100% of premises have gigabit-capable connections. See the streets and sub-areas below for more on how this neighbourhood breaks down at a finer grain.
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Frequently asked
- Is Erewash 012 a nice place to live?
- It depends on your priorities. Rents are genuinely low — around £785 a month for a two-bedroom home — and home ownership is realistic on a local salary. The trade-off is that the area falls in the second deprivation decile nationally and crime runs well above the UK average. It suits people who want affordable space in the East Midlands and aren't reliant on public transport.
- What is the rent in Erewash 012?
- A one-bedroom home runs around £598 a month, a two-bedroom about £785, and a three-bedroom roughly £944. These are estimated figures based on district-level data scaled using local sale prices. Rents rose about 2.5% over the past year, which is modest compared with recent national trends.
- Is Erewash 012 safe?
- Crime runs at around 231 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — significantly above the UK national rate of roughly 80 per 1,000. The area's deprivation profile partly explains this. It's not the highest-crime area in England, but the gap from the national average is large enough that it's worth checking specific street-level data for any address you're seriously considering.
- What's the commute from Erewash 012 to Birmingham?
- By public transport, Birmingham is around 80 minutes from here. The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1.9 km away — about a 24-minute walk. Most residents commute by car rather than public transport, which accounts for under 10% of journeys. Working from home is also common, at around 22% of residents.
- Who lives in Erewash 012?
- It's a mixed area, but dominated by single-person households — 42% of all homes. Over a quarter of residents are aged 18–34. Tenure is split between owners (just under half), private renters (around a third) and social housing tenants (nearly one in five). The UK-born share is 90%, and degree holders make up around 25% of residents.
- What schools are near Erewash 012?
- There are 51 schools within 2 km of a typical resident, but only about 31.5% of those within catchment distance are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — well below the national average of around 89%. The nearest Outstanding school is approximately 1,752 metres away. Families should look carefully at the specific Ofsted ratings for schools serving their particular street.
- How affordable is buying a home in Erewash 012?
- More affordable than most of England. The median sale price is around £173,000, and on a typical local salary of roughly £31,700 a year, saving a deposit takes around 2.7 years. That's well below the national average. The catch is that even with low rents, housing costs absorb about 42% of take-home pay, reflecting modest local wages rather than high prices.