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DE73 8DD

Melbourne · South Derbyshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Derby
Ward
Melbourne
Local authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire
Postcode district
DE73
Postcode sector
DE73 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE73 8DE 425 m
DE73 8JZ 478 m
DE73 8JY 524 m
DE73 8JW 543 m
DE73 8DF 570 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE73 8DD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE73
Postcode sector
DE73 8
Latitude
52.834547
Longitude
-1.434820
British National Grid easting
438,172
British National Grid northing
326,484

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
South Derbyshire · E07000039
Electoral ward
Melbourne · E05008815
Parish or community
E04002914
Westminster constituency
South Derbyshire · E14001483
Output area
E00100474
Lower layer super output area
South Derbyshire 006B · E01019853
Middle layer super output area
South Derbyshire 006 · E02004123

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Pippin Heath, Kings Newton Lane, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DD 19 October 2012 £660,000
2, Kings Newton Fields, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8DD 30 August 1996 £30,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
1

  1. Melbourne Infant School

    Community school

    978 m

  2. Melbourne Junior School

    Community school

    998 m

  3. Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
202
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 84
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Public order 18
  • Other theft 17
  • Vehicle crime 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

12 female, 12 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.4
DE73 8 residents
6,298

Age bands in DE73 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%

1,037 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

543 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

1,362 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,935 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

1,486 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE73 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
9.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
9.1%
Gigabit-capable
9.1%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • MELBOURNE & CHELLASTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MELBOURNE & CHELLASTON MP, PENN LANE, MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE, DERBY, DE73 8EF

    ODS code C81108

    1.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Pack Horse Inn

    BCT · Kings Newton

    0.2 miles

  • Hill Top

    BCT · Kings Newton

    0.2 miles

  • Hill Top

    BCT · Kings Newton

    0.2 miles

  • Pack Horse Inn

    BCT · Kings Newton

    0.3 miles

  • Derby Road

    BCT · Melbourne

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Derbyshire 006B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,627 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Melbourne Infant School is the nearest published school at 978 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

202 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 84 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.