Gedling: local statistics
Gedling is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 121,105 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 Gedling, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A Band D home in Gedling pays an average of £2,609.55 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.1% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 7th highest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,713.67, so it has risen 52%.
In mid-2025 the population of Gedling was estimated at 121,105, a change of +0.9% in a year. That is 5,128 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 4.4%; the East Midlands grew by 8.6% over the same years, 28th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
A girl born in Gedling in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 83.8 years and a boy 79.6 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.5 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.4 less. It is the 9th highest for women of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Gedling took home £763.90 a week before tax (£37,727 a year). It is the 10th highest of 35 in the East Midlands, and 6.0% more than across the East Midlands. For full-time jobs located in Gedling the median is £633.20 a week (−£130.70 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £515.90, so it has risen 48% before inflation.
4,195 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Gedling in March 2026, 7% more than in 2016. That is 35 for every 1,000 residents, 31st of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest.
3.2% of Gedling residents aged 16 to 64 (2,350 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for the East Midlands was 3.5%. A year earlier the rate was 3.1%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.8% (January 2024) and 3.9% (August 2021).
A typical home in Gedling cost £241,473 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 0.9% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it mid-table in the East Midlands, 19th of 35 (regional average £242,274). Prices are 55% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 6.4 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Gedling. That ratio is mid-table in the East Midlands, 20th of 35.
An estimated 79.4% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Gedling were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 5.6 points), against 75.4% across the East Midlands. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 71.3% to 81.4%.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Gedling on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Nottinghamshire police force area: 101,425 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 3,307 more than the year before.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 115,977 |
| 2016 | 116,418 |
| 2017 | 116,451 |
| 2018 | 117,092 |
| 2019 | 117,129 |
| 2020 | 117,141 |
| 2021 | 117,291 |
| 2022 | 117,703 |
| 2023 | 118,981 |
| 2024 | 119,996 |
| 2025 | 121,105 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £155,935 |
| July 2017 | £168,483 |
| July 2018 | £173,314 |
| July 2019 | £178,707 |
| July 2020 | £187,634 |
| July 2021 | £208,618 |
| July 2022 | £232,120 |
| July 2023 | £233,714 |
| July 2024 | £237,599 |
| July 2025 | £239,371 |
| July 2026 | £241,473 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £515.90 a week |
| 2016 | £521.90 a week |
| 2017 | £536.50 a week |
| 2018 | £560.20 a week |
| 2019 | £572.60 a week |
| 2020 | £591.80 a week |
| 2021 | £574.00 a week |
| 2022 | £590.00 a week |
| 2023 | £654.40 a week |
| 2024 | £704.10 a week |
| 2025 | £763.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,713.67 |
| 2017-18 | £1,786.20 |
| 2018-19 | £1,873.76 |
| 2019-20 | £1,957.57 |
| 2020-21 | £2,033.48 |
| 2021-22 | £2,101.22 |
| 2022-23 | £2,181.76 |
| 2023-24 | £2,287.95 |
| 2024-25 | £2,393.93 |
| 2025-26 | £2,507.09 |
| 2026-27 | £2,609.55 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 76.9% |
| 2016/17 | 73.5% |
| 2017/18 | 74.8% |
| 2018/19 | 75.3% |
| 2019/20 | 81.4% |
| 2020/21 | 71.3% |
| 2021/22 | 74.8% |
| 2022/23 | 74.7% |
| 2023/24 | 76.3% |
| 2024/25 | 72.7% |
| 2025/26 | 79.4% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.4 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,910 |
| 2017 | 3,980 |
| 2018 | 4,035 |
| 2019 | 4,040 |
| 2020 | 4,065 |
| 2021 | 4,080 |
| 2022 | 4,130 |
| 2023 | 4,120 |
| 2024 | 4,150 |
| 2025 | 4,205 |
| 2026 | 4,195 |
Questions about Gedling
How much is Band D council tax in Gedling?
£2,609.55 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the population of Gedling?
121,105 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Gedling?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.6 years for men and 83.8 for women.
What is the average salary in Gedling?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Gedling was £763.90 a week in April 2025 (£37,727 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Gedling?
The ONS claimant count was 2,350 in August 2026, 3.2% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Gedling?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £241,473.
Who has power over Gedling
Every body that makes decisions for Gedling, 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
- Gedling council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Gedling 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
- 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
- Gedling: Michael Payne (Labour) 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 (police force area): This figure covers the whole Nottinghamshire police force area, not just Gedling, because the Home Office tables do not give Gedling on its own. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK population · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Bassetlaw · Broxtowe · Hinckley and Bosworth · North Kesteven · Rushcliffe · South Derbyshire
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