Property market | £252,144 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is East Midlands (10.7 miles) | |
Broadband | 81.1mbps average broadband speeds (very fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 95.9% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 4.1% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 256 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 457 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North West Leicestershire level) | |
Community | Median age is 43.9 | Population of 2,478 | Happiness is Below Average for Leicestershire, Average for UK | |
Crime | 3.0 burglaries per 1k people (North West Leicestershire) | |
Commute (approx) | - Birmingham New Street (38 mins) | |
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£252,144 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is East Midlands (10.7 miles) | |
81.1mbps average broadband speeds (very fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 43.9 | 2,478 | Happiness is Below Average for Leicestershire, Average for UK | |
Ranked 256 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 457 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (North West Leicestershire level) | |
3.0 burglaries per 1k people (North West Leicestershire) | |
- Birmingham New Street (38 mins) | |
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Ashby Woulds has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Ashby Woulds has had a steep increase over the last few years and accelerating growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £413,965, which is up 8.2% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £252,144 (up 5.2% on last year) , a terraced house £201,842 (up 3.3% on last year) and a flat £144,883. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £587 per month. Property prices in Ashby Woulds are similar to the average property prices across Leicestershire and are slightly lower compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Ashby Woulds, prices have risen much more quickly than the annual average price change seen across the Leicestershire region.
Property data is based on North West Leicestershire level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Ashby Woulds, or click here to browse the longer list of Ashby Woulds property transactions from 2023.
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Ashby Woulds has a healthy number of schools nearby to choose from. We did not find any secondary schools, but there are some primary school options, including Oakthorpe Primary School, which was was rated as outstanding in 2014. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
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School | Type | Outstanding? |
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Oakthorpe Primary School | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | Yes - 2014 |
Overseal Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
St George's CofE Controlled Primary School | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | No |
Moira Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Donisthorpe Primary School | Primary Community school - Mixed | No |
Albert Village Primary School | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | No |
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | No |
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Oakthorpe Primary School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (11/6/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Swadlincote | |
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 2: Good (1/26/2022) | 15 submissions 86.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Swadlincote |
Overseal Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/11/2012) | 43 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Swadlincote |
Albert Village Primary School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (9/19/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Swadlincote | |
Moira Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (10/27/2022) | 38 submissions 95.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Swadlincote |
Donisthorpe Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | Swadlincote | |||
St George's CofE Controlled Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | Swadlincote |
School | Type |
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Oakthorpe Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (11/6/2019) |
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/26/2022) 15 submissions 86.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Overseal Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/11/2012) 43 submissions 100.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Albert Village Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/19/2013) |
Moira Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (10/27/2022) 38 submissions 95.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Donisthorpe Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary |
St George's CofE Controlled Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary |
Station | Distance from Ashby Woulds | Commute options |
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Willington A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- Birmingham New Street (39 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 106 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (1 change(s) - 116 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 132 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 141 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 146 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 153 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (164 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Tutbury & Hatton A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +4% from the previous year. | 13 miles |
- Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 67 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 95 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 111 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (1 change(s) - 121 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 151 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 168 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Peartree A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +28% from the previous year. | 14 miles |
- Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 58 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Leeds (1 change(s) - 102 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 108 mins - CrossCountry) View details - York (1 change(s) - 112 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 142 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 159 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Atherstone A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -11% from the previous year. | 14 miles |
- Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 51 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Euston (1 change(s) - 80 mins - West Midlands Trains) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 95 mins - Avanti West Coast) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 152 mins - Southern) View details - Cambridge (1 change(s) - 161 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 175 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (North West Leicestershire) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of North West Leicestershire residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 95.9% | 81.7% |
Asian | 1.5% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 1.5% | 2.9% |
Black | 0.6% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.5% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the North West Leicestershire consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 11.6% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 10.1% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 13.0% | 256 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 20.7% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 7.1% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.2% | |
Routine occupations | 15.0% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 5.9% | 457 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 5.5% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Leicestershire is fast (74mbps). Ashby Woulds is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 81.1mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the North West Leicestershire level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 81.1 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 95.7% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 0.5% |
Crime stats were found at the North West Leicestershire level:
Type | North West Leicestershire | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 79 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 3 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 9 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 0 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 31 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Ashby Woulds.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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West Midlands | Gilwiskaw Brook, River Mease | Low-lying land and roads between Ashby and Croxall |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £252,144 Detached: £413,965 | 79 | Primary: 7Secondary: | 13.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.9% residents long-term unemployed |
King's Norton, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 15.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Market Harborough, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 | 15.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Little Stretton, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 15.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Oadby, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £266,558 Detached: £457,788 | 70 | Primary: 18Secondary: 10 | 15.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Wymeswold, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,011 Detached: £437,208 | 80 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 12.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Rothley, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,011 Detached: £437,208 | 80 | Primary: 3Secondary: | 14.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.3% residents long-term unemployed |
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £278,202 Detached: £430,166 | 74 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 | 15.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Countesthorpe, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 3Secondary: 2 | 13.8% residents in higher managerial positions 5.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Blaby, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 11Secondary: 3 | 13.8% residents in higher managerial positions 5.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Aylestone, Leicestershire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £267,007 Detached: £419,001 | 136 | Primary: 18Secondary: 5 | 8.2% residents in higher managerial positions 12.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Evington, Leicestershire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £267,007 Detached: £419,001 | 136 | Primary: 22Secondary: 9 | 5.8% residents in higher managerial positions 15.5% residents long-term unemployed |
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £252,144 Detached: £413,965 | 79 | Primary: 3Secondary: 3 | 13.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £252,144 Detached: £413,965 | 79 | Primary: 7Secondary: |
King's Norton, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Market Harborough, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 7Secondary: 3 |
Little Stretton, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £324,564 Detached: £546,304 | 55 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Oadby, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £266,558 Detached: £457,788 | 70 | Primary: 18Secondary: 10 |
Wymeswold, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,011 Detached: £437,208 | 80 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Rothley, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £263,011 Detached: £437,208 | 80 | Primary: 3Secondary: |
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Low Burglary Rate Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £278,202 Detached: £430,166 | 74 | Primary: 5Secondary: 2 |
Countesthorpe, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 3Secondary: 2 |
Blaby, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £260,003 Detached: £420,800 | 66 | Primary: 11Secondary: 3 |
Aylestone, Leicestershire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £267,007 Detached: £419,001 | 136 | Primary: 18Secondary: 5 |
Evington, Leicestershire Affordability: Very affordable Outstanding schools Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £267,007 Detached: £419,001 | 136 | Primary: 22Secondary: 9 |
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Hot property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £252,144 Detached: £413,965 | 79 | Primary: 3Secondary: 3 |
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