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East Midlands · Unitary authority

Derby

2026/27 view

Derby · ONS E06000015

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

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PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population and community profile

Latest official statistics
Population 274,149 2024
East Midlands region 5,063,164
Derby represents 5.41% of the region's population
Five-year population change
+11,135 residents ↑ 4.2%
2019: 263,014 residents2020: 261,999 residents2021: 261,260 residents2022: 264,321 residents2023: 269,903 residents2024: 274,149 residents
Derby +4.2%
East Midlands +4.5%
England +4.3%
Growth context

Derby's population grew over five years. Its change was broadly in line with the East Midlands and broadly in line with England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates
Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile
AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

Defra 2,024
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

7.4 µg/m³

PM2.5 · 2,024

Human-related sources 6.9 µg/m³
Other sources 0.5 µg/m³
Modelled population-weighted annual concentration across the local authority area. This is not a live sensor reading.
LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

40.5%
12.5 7.4
2011: 12.47 µg/m³ 2012: 11.71 µg/m³ 2013: 12.11 µg/m³ 2014: 11.94 µg/m³ 2015: 10.01 µg/m³ 2016: 11.49 µg/m³ 2017: 10.46 µg/m³ 2018: 9.26 µg/m³ 2019: 10.51 µg/m³ 2020: 7.57 µg/m³ 2021: 7.68 µg/m³ 2022: 8.68 µg/m³ 2023: 7.94 µg/m³ 2024: 7.41 µg/m³
2011 2024
Since 2011 ↓ 40.5%
5 years ↓ 29.5%
10 years ↓ 37.9%
CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR
PM2.5 11.0 µg/m³
Provisional
Last 24 hours 3.6 – 11.0 µg/m³
2026-09-22 02:00:00+01: 5.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 03:00:00+01: 4.5 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 04:00:00+01: 4.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 05:00:00+01: 4.8 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 06:00:00+01: 5.1 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 07:00:00+01: 5.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 08:00:00+01: 7.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 09:00:00+01: 8.8 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 10:00:00+01: 8.1 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 11:00:00+01: 7.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 12:00:00+01: 3.6 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 13:00:00+01: 4.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 14:00:00+01: 4.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 15:00:00+01: 3.9 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 16:00:00+01: 4.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 17:00:00+01: 4.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 18:00:00+01: 4.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 19:00:00+01: 5.9 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 20:00:00+01: 9.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 21:00:00+01: 8.6 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 22:00:00+01: 7.6 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 23:00:00+01: 7.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 00:00:00+01: 8.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01: 11.0 µg/m³
Derby St Alkmund's Way Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN); UK Urban NO2 Network · Urban Traffic Latest measurement: 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01

This is a measurement from an individual monitoring station and should not be interpreted as the current concentration across the whole council area.

HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

5.5% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional. Defra source