Mansfield Wages, Employment and Property Affordability

Resident earnings, employment, unemployment and affordability context for reading Mansfield prices and rents.

Last updated 19 Aug 2026HPI June 2026Rents July 2026Sold prices May 2026
Apr 2025-Mar 2026 / ASHE 2026

Mansfield wages, employment and affordability

Resident earnings and labour-market context help explain local affordability, rental pressure and housing demand.

Resident population
113,682
ONS 2025
Median resident annual pay
£33,051
Mansfield
Median resident weekly pay
£636
Full-time employees
Employment rate
70.8%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.7%
Economically active
House price affordability5.8x earnings

Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.

Rent affordability29% of monthly earnings

Average monthly rent compared with estimated monthly earnings.

Labour market rates are from the ONS Annual Population Survey profile shown by Nomis. Where the local APS unemployment value is suppressed, the ONS model-based unemployment estimate is used. Earnings are ONS ASHE resident-analysis median full-time employee earnings. Annual pay is annualised from weekly pay for display context.

Wages and employment commentary · Last updated August 2026

Mansfield’s latest ONS and Nomis labour-market profile shows a resident population of 113,682. That gives useful context for the local housing market, because it points to the scale of the resident base that supports day-to-day demand for homes and services.

Incomes Explain Affordability Pressure

Wage and employment data does not predict house prices by itself. It gives demand-side context: how average prices and rents compare with resident earnings, whether employment conditions support demand, and where affordability pressure may limit the buyer or renter pool.