| Ockbrook and Borrowash | |
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 Queens Head, Ockbrook | |
  Ockbrook and Borrowash Location within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 7,157 (2021 census) |
| OS grid reference | SK425351 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Ockbrook and Borrowash (grid reference SK425351 ) is a civil parish in the borough of Erewash in the county of Derbyshire in England.
It straddles the A52 a few miles east of Derby and contains two adjacent villages: Ockbrook, which lies just north of the A52 and Borrowash which lies to the south.
The 2001 Census records Ockbrook and Borrowash having a population of 7,331 people, with 1,443 being aged 0–15, 4,504 being 16-64 and 1,384 being 65 or older. These people make up 3006 households. 2,456 of the homes are owner occupied (81.7%), higher than the Derbyshire average of 74.4%. The unemployment rate is 2.5%, less than the Derbyshire average of 3.2%. The civil parish population at the 2011 census had increased marginally to 7,335, [1] and to 7,157 at the 2021 census. [2]