Mansfield Wages, Employment and Property Affordability

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

Last updated 5 Jul 2026HPI April 2026Rents May 2026Sold prices April 2026
Jan 2025-Dec 2025 / ASHE 2025

Mansfield wages, employment and affordability

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

Resident population
113,138
ONS 2024
Median resident annual pay
£33,051
Mansfield
Median resident weekly pay
£636
Full-time employees
Employment rate
71.3%
Aged 16-64
Unemployment rate
4.6%
Economically active
House price affordability5.6x earnings

Average house price compared with resident median annual pay.

Rent affordability28% 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 July 2026

Mansfield’s latest ONS and Nomis labour-market profile shows a resident population of 113,138 in 2024. That gives useful context for the local labour market size, and for the pool of households needing to match wages with housing costs.

On earnings, the ASHE 2025 resident median full-time pay in Mansfield is £635.60 a week.

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.