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Forest Town & Newlands

Middle area

South east Mansfield. 11,515 people in 4.6 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Forest Town & Newlands’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£225,000
2,073rd lowest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,428
432nd highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Forest Town & Newlands compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Forest Town & NewlandsMiddle
Median sale price13 middle areas, Mansfield · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Mansfield13 areas from £121,000 to £283,750. The middle area is £183,000. Forest Town & Newlands is £225,000.
£225,0003rd highest
Population13 middle areas, Mansfield · 2021
Population: every middle area in Mansfield13 areas from 6,090 to 13,048. The middle area is 8,316. Forest Town & Newlands is 11,428.
11,4282nd highest
Gigabit broadband coverage13 middle areas, Mansfield · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Mansfield13 areas from 89.7% to 99.2%. The middle area is 95.5%. Forest Town & Newlands is 99.1%.
99.1%2nd highest
Claimant rate13 middle areas, Mansfield · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Mansfield13 areas from 1.7% to 8.0%. The middle area is 3.8%. Forest Town & Newlands is 2.5%.
2.5%4th lowest

Figures for the whole of Mansfield

These figures are published for the whole of Mansfield, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Mansfield and not Forest Town & Newlands alone. See Mansfield

Average house price
£185,870
Down 0.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,525
11th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
26.9
60th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Forest Town & Newlands in brief

The median price paid for a home in Forest Town & Newlands was £225,000 in 2025.

Forest Town & Newlands had 11,428 usual residents at the census.

In Forest Town & Newlands, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Forest Town & Newlands, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.