Ockbrook and Borrowash


Ockbrook and Borrowash 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 of very different character: 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 7331 people, with 1443 being aged 0–15, 4504 being 16-64 and 1384 being 65 or older. These people make up 3006 households. 2456 of the homes are owner occupied, 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.