Ashfield: local statistics
Ashfield is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 130,581 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Ashfield, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Homes in Ashfield sold for an average of £190,179 in July 2026, a rise of 2.7% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it 31st of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest; the average for the East Midlands was £242,274. Prices are 54% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Ashfield (£32,577) gives a ratio of 5.8. That ratio is the 29th highest ratio of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
In August 2026, 3,035 people in Ashfield were on the claimant count, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.5% in the East Midlands. That compares with 3.9% a year before. The five-year high was 5.1% (August 2021); the low was 3.6% (January 2023).
In 2022 to 2024, women in Ashfield had a life expectancy at birth of 81.7 years; for men it was 77.0, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.3 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.9 less. It is the 29th highest for women of 35 in the East Midlands.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Ashfield is £2,608.76, 4.1% more than in 2025-26. It is 8th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,728.51, so it has risen 51%.
The median full-time employee living in Ashfield was paid £675.90 a week before tax in April 2025, or £32,577 over a year. That is 6.2% below the figure for the East Midlands and 28th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest. For full-time jobs located in Ashfield the median is £746.20 a week (+£70.30 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £449.40, so it has risen 50% before inflation.
The police recorded 79.0 crimes per 1,000 residents in Ashfield in the year to March 2026 (10,321 offences in all), the 8th highest rate of 32 in the East Midlands. That compares with 79.4 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 60.1 to 91.6 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The ONS counted 3,815 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Ashfield in March 2026, 9% more than in 2016. There are 29 per 1,000 residents, the lowest in the East Midlands.
In mid-2025 the population of Ashfield was estimated at 130,581, up 1.1% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +6.1%; the East Midlands grew by 8.6% over the same years, the 26th fastest growth of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 73.2% of Ashfield residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 6.9 points either way; the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Its lowest reading in the series was 68.0% and its highest 82.1%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 123,115 |
| 2016 | 123,989 |
| 2017 | 125,410 |
| 2018 | 126,076 |
| 2019 | 126,521 |
| 2020 | 126,687 |
| 2021 | 126,356 |
| 2022 | 127,024 |
| 2023 | 128,242 |
| 2024 | 129,210 |
| 2025 | 130,581 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £123,250 |
| July 2017 | £127,416 |
| July 2018 | £137,479 |
| July 2019 | £141,285 |
| July 2020 | £146,218 |
| July 2021 | £159,476 |
| July 2022 | £180,942 |
| July 2023 | £185,994 |
| July 2024 | £187,289 |
| July 2025 | £185,246 |
| July 2026 | £190,179 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £449.40 a week |
| 2016 | £452.70 a week |
| 2017 | £476.50 a week |
| 2018 | £518.70 a week |
| 2019 | £497.70 a week |
| 2020 | £505.20 a week |
| 2021 | £535.50 a week |
| 2022 | £576.70 a week |
| 2023 | £608.90 a week |
| 2024 | £652.90 a week |
| 2025 | £675.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,728.51 |
| 2017-18 | £1,799.89 |
| 2018-19 | £1,886.54 |
| 2019-20 | £1,969.28 |
| 2020-21 | £2,044.70 |
| 2021-22 | £2,107.09 |
| 2022-23 | £2,187.56 |
| 2023-24 | £2,293.63 |
| 2024-25 | £2,399.81 |
| 2025-26 | £2,506.63 |
| 2026-27 | £2,608.76 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 60.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 70.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 83.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 89.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 91.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 74.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 83.5 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 87.1 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 85.7 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 79.4 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 79.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 72.3% |
| 2016/17 | 72.1% |
| 2017/18 | 71.1% |
| 2018/19 | 71.4% |
| 2019/20 | 79.8% |
| 2020/21 | 74.2% |
| 2021/22 | 82.1% |
| 2022/23 | 68.0% |
| 2023/24 | 69.9% |
| 2024/25 | 71.4% |
| 2025/26 | 73.2% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.8 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,515 |
| 2017 | 3,600 |
| 2018 | 3,760 |
| 2019 | 3,715 |
| 2020 | 3,670 |
| 2021 | 3,800 |
| 2022 | 3,795 |
| 2023 | 3,880 |
| 2024 | 3,805 |
| 2025 | 3,775 |
| 2026 | 3,815 |
Questions about Ashfield
What is the average house price in Ashfield?
£190,179 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.7% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Ashfield?
3,035 in August 2026 (3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Ashfield?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 77.0 years for men and 81.7 for women.
How much is Band D council tax in Ashfield?
£2,608.76 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in Ashfield?
£675.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Ashfield?
Home Office figures show 10,321 offences in the year to March 2026, or 79.0 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Ashfield?
130,581 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Ashfield
Every body that makes decisions for Ashfield, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Ashfield council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Ashfield in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Nottinghamshire County Council county council
- East Midlands Combined Authority combined authority
- Nottinghamshire Police police force
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- East Midlands in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Ashfield: Lee Anderson (Reform UK) MP
- Sherwood Forest: Michelle Welsh (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK unemployment rate · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Amber Valley · Bassetlaw · Gedling · Newark and Sherwood · North Kesteven · Rushcliffe
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