Mansfield: local statistics
Mansfield is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 113,682 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 Mansfield, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The average house price in Mansfield was £185,870 in July 2026, a fall of 0.8% in twelve months. That is the 3rd lowest in the East Midlands (regional average £242,274). Since July 2016 prices have risen 57%; the July high in the series was £187,452 in 2025. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Mansfield (£32,525) gives a ratio of 5.7. That ratio is the 30th highest ratio of 35 in the East Midlands.
The median full-time employee living in Mansfield was paid £635.60 a week before tax in April 2025 (£32,525 a year). That is 11.8% below the figure for the East Midlands and the 3rd lowest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands. For full-time jobs located in Mansfield the median is £697.40 a week (+£61.80 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £435.80: a change of +46% before inflation.
In August 2026, 2,780 people in Mansfield were on the claimant count, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.5% in the East Midlands. Twelve months before, it was 3.8%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 3.6% (October 2022) and 5.0% (August 2021).
Life expectancy at birth in Mansfield is 81.6 years for women and 77.4 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.1 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.7 less. It is the 31st highest for women of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
Police recorded 10,456 crimes in Mansfield in the year to March 2026, 92.0 for every 1,000 residents, 6th of 32 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest rate. A year earlier it was 92.8. The highest rate in the series was 109.0, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
3,720 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Mansfield in March 2026, 10% more than in 2016. There are 33 per 1,000 residents, the 3rd lowest in the East Midlands.
Average Band D council tax in Mansfield is £2,600.38 for 2026-27, up £101.98 on 2025-26. That makes it 9th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,731.79, so it has risen 50%.
113,682 people lived in Mansfield in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.3% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 5.7%, against +8.6% for the East Midlands as a whole. That is the 27th fastest growth of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
An estimated 70.8% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Mansfield were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 7.8 points), against 75.4% across the East Midlands. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 62.5% to 78.1%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 107,510 |
| 2016 | 108,952 |
| 2017 | 109,461 |
| 2018 | 109,946 |
| 2019 | 110,237 |
| 2020 | 109,964 |
| 2021 | 110,592 |
| 2022 | 111,222 |
| 2023 | 112,374 |
| 2024 | 113,291 |
| 2025 | 113,682 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £118,682 |
| July 2017 | £125,764 |
| July 2018 | £131,523 |
| July 2019 | £135,920 |
| July 2020 | £140,360 |
| July 2021 | £158,137 |
| July 2022 | £177,045 |
| July 2023 | £178,396 |
| July 2024 | £182,694 |
| July 2025 | £187,452 |
| July 2026 | £185,870 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £435.80 a week |
| 2016 | £423.30 a week |
| 2017 | £447.50 a week |
| 2018 | £454.70 a week |
| 2019 | £471.40 a week |
| 2020 | £498.50 a week |
| 2021 | £517.70 a week |
| 2022 | £548.40 a week |
| 2023 | £596.70 a week |
| 2024 | £629.60 a week |
| 2025 | £635.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,731.79 |
| 2017-18 | £1,798.50 |
| 2018-19 | £1,880.64 |
| 2019-20 | £1,963.49 |
| 2020-21 | £2,038.93 |
| 2021-22 | £2,106.33 |
| 2022-23 | £2,181.06 |
| 2023-24 | £2,280.59 |
| 2024-25 | £2,385.74 |
| 2025-26 | £2,498.40 |
| 2026-27 | £2,600.38 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 73.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 82.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 94.2 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 109.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 106.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 82.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 98.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 107.0 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 107.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 92.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 92.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.1% |
| 2016/17 | 74.5% |
| 2017/18 | 73.1% |
| 2018/19 | 71.2% |
| 2019/20 | 76.4% |
| 2020/21 | 66.9% |
| 2021/22 | 62.5% |
| 2022/23 | 75.4% |
| 2023/24 | 70.4% |
| 2024/25 | 71.9% |
| 2025/26 | 70.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.7 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.1 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.2 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,385 |
| 2017 | 3,505 |
| 2018 | 3,520 |
| 2019 | 3,575 |
| 2020 | 3,635 |
| 2021 | 3,670 |
| 2022 | 4,105 |
| 2023 | 4,125 |
| 2024 | 3,990 |
| 2025 | 3,805 |
| 2026 | 3,720 |
Questions about Mansfield
What is the average house price in Mansfield?
£185,870 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-0.8% on a year).
What is the average salary in Mansfield?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Mansfield was £635.60 a week in April 2025 (£32,525 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Mansfield?
2,780 in August 2026 (4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Mansfield?
81.6 years for women and 77.4 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Mansfield?
Home Office figures show 10,456 offences in the year to March 2026, or 92.0 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How much is Band D council tax in Mansfield?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,600.38 for 2026-27.
What is the population of Mansfield?
The ONS estimates 113,682 people lived in Mansfield in mid-2025.
Who has power over Mansfield
Every body that makes decisions for Mansfield, 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
- Mansfield council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Mansfield 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
- Bolsover: Natalie Fleet (Labour) MP
- Mansfield: Steve Yemm (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 average weekly earnings growth · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Blaby · Broxtowe · Erewash · Hinckley and Bosworth · North West Leicestershire · South Derbyshire
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