Melbourne

Melbourne is covered by postcode district DE73. It is in the South Derbyshire council area, Derbyshire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Melbourne (South Derbyshire).

Typical price £295,000 Homes sold in Melbourne, last 12 months. ▼ 6.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 99 of 115 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 3 of 115 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Melbourne, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Melbourne, by flood risk Of the 115 postcodes in Melbourne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 112 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Melbourne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DE73 8BF: not on the flood risk listDE73 8BU: not on the flood risk listDE73 8BW: not on the flood risk listDE73 8BX: not on the flood risk listDE73 8BZ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DA: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DB: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DP: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DQ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DR: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DS: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DW: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DX: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DY: not on the flood risk listDE73 8DZ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EA: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EB: not on the flood risk listDE73 8ED: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EF: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EG: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EH: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EJ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EL: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EN: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EP: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EQ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8ER: not on the flood risk listDE73 8ES: not on the flood risk listDE73 8ET: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EU: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EW: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EX: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EY: not on the flood risk listDE73 8EZ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FA: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FB: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FD: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FE: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FF: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FG: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FH: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FJ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FL: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FN: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FP: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FQ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FR: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FS: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FT: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FX: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FY: not on the flood risk listDE73 8FZ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GA: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GB: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GD: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GE: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GF: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GG: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GH: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GJ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GL: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GQ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GR: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GS: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GT: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GU: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GW: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GX: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GY: not on the flood risk listDE73 8GZ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HB: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HE: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HJ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HN: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HP: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HR: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HW: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HX: not on the flood risk listDE73 8HY: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JA: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JB: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JE: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JF: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JG: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JH: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JJ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JL: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JN: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JP: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JQ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JR: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JS: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JW: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JY: not on the flood risk listDE73 8JZ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LA: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LB: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LD: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LH: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LJ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LN: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LP: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LQ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LR: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LT: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LW: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LX: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LY: not on the flood risk listDE73 8LZ: not on the flood risk listDE73 8SR: not on the flood risk listDE73 8YG: not on the flood risk listDE73 8BQ: low flood risk at worstDE73 8BS: high flood riskDE73 8BT: high flood risk Melbourne Map of every postcode in Melbourne, by flood risk Of the 115 postcodes in Melbourne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 112 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Melbourne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Melbourne
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 112

Of the 115 postcodes in Melbourne that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 112 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.8258, longitude -1.4282. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DE73 8BT5 at high riskDE73 8BS1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Melbourne?

Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.3% on the 12 months before. At 99 of the 115 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 115 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Peartree, 8.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Melbourne?

Homes in Melbourne sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, down 6.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£295,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£315,000
12 months to August 2026
£295,000

▼ down 6.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£407,425 18 sales
Semi-detached£314,250 18 sales
Terraced£235,000 27 sales

Across the whole DE73 district, Melbourne's main postcode district: a typical £290,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Melbourne: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Melbourne?

3 of the 115 postcodes now in use in Melbourne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 83 homes sold in Melbourne were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE73 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

DE73 8JFsince January 2023DE73 8JPsince January 2023DE73 8JAsince September 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn MelbourneAcross the DE73 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 63 (0%) 16 of 272 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 83 (0%) 56 of 362 (15%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Melbourne?

Ofcom reports on 115 of the 115 postcodes in Melbourne. At 99 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit99 of 115
Postcodes where every home can get superfast113 of 115

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Melbourne at risk of flooding?

3 of the 115 postcodes in Melbourne have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 8 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 115 postcodes High: 6Medium: 2Low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Melbourne?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Melbourne. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Melbourne?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Melbourne is Peartree Rail Station, 8.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Peartree Rail Station Railway station 8.5 kmDrive
  • Willington Rail Station Railway station 9.6 kmDrive
  • Spondon Rail Station Railway station 9.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Melbourne?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Melbourne. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

  • Melbourne & Chellaston Medical Practice450 mPhone 01332 862124
Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Melbourne safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 201 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Melbourne over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 19 September 2025
  2. 16 October 2025
  3. 8 November 2025
  4. 13 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 8 February 2026
  7. 18 March 2026
  8. 17 April 2026
  9. 33 May 2026
  10. 16 June 2026
  11. 25 July 2026
  12. 11 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences80 reports
Anti-social behaviour36 reports
Other theft19 reports
Public order17 reports
Vehicle crime14 reports
Criminal damage and arson8 reports
Burglary8 reports
Drugs7 reports

Also: other crime 6, bicycle theft 2, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Melbourne?

District, borough or city council
South Derbyshire
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency
South Derbyshire
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Samantha Niblett (Labour)

All 115 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Melbourne

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Melbourne postcodes

115 postcodes in use in Melbourne, by district:

DE73 postcode district,115 postcodes

That district is in the DE postcode area.

Check a Melbourne postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Melbourne

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Melbourne's £295,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Aston-on-Trent4.7 km, £294,950Castle Donington5.9 km, £287,500Repton7.9 km, £480,000Ashby-de-la-Zouch9.1 km, £280,000Willington, South Derbyshire9.4 km, £300,000Woodville9.4 km, £215,500Kegworth9.9 km, £258,000Borrowash10.0 km, £280,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Melbourne

What is it like to live in Melbourne?
Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.3% on the 12 months before. At 99 of the 115 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 115 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Peartree, 8.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Melbourne?
Melbourne is covered by postcode district DE73, across 115 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Melbourne in?
Melbourne is in the South Derbyshire council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Melbourne?
Melbourne is in the South Derbyshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Samantha Niblett (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Melbourne?
Homes in Melbourne sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, down 6.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Melbourne?
In Melbourne, primary schools at its postcodes include Melbourne Infant & Nursery School and Melbourne Junior School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Chellaston Academy, 4.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Melbourne have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Melbourne is Peartree, 8.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Melbourne?
Ofcom reports on 115 of the 115 postcodes in Melbourne. At 99 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Melbourne at risk of flooding?
3 of the 115 postcodes in Melbourne have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 8 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Melbourne?
3 of the 115 postcodes now in use in Melbourne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 83 homes sold in Melbourne were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE73 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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