Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 41: Mansfield is younger than 75% of UK towns
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 45% of residents said they have no religion in Mansfield. The town counted 63,448 residents and 27,796 households at the 2021 Census. Across Mansfield, 11% of residents give unpaid care. 24% of households have no car or van, more than in 86% of UK towns.
Mansfield’s population changed by +11% since 2011, more than in 63% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Mansfield’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 59,100 people in 2011; 65,300 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2022 to mid-2023, the population rose by 1,050, the most of any year. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+24%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (−9%).
Mansfield: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, above 57% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 7.5% of residents. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 74% of UK towns: 18%. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Collingham, the oldest of Nottinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 36%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Mansfield, 41. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 65% of UK towns: 4.5%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 81% of UK towns: 3.2%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Nottinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
One-person households: 32%, above nearly two thirds of UK towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
13% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 60% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households in detached houses make up 28%, against 21% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%. For Mansfield, the census puts households in terraced houses at 18%.
14% born outside the UK, more than in 85% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
24% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Here, 89% of residents have English as their main language. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Mansfield sits below 81% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (84%)
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 84% of Mansfield · Nottinghamshire’s towns 79% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1.5%. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Lower than in 69% of UK towns: 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Adults who have never married make up 37% in Mansfield, more than in 79% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
In Mansfield, 43% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 2,099. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 23%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Mansfield, 23%, and 24% have none, against 18%.
From a median age of 36 in Mansfield Town Centre & Broomhill to 54 in Woodhouse
The town’s 8 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Woodhouse is the oldest area, with 32% aged 65 or over; Mansfield Town Centre & Broomhill the youngest (median age 36). Families with children are most common in Grange Farm & Ladybrook (29% of households).
50th highest median age among 118 UK towns of 44,000 to 86,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Canterbury (27.5) and the oldest Christchurch (51.7). Nearest to Mansfield in age: Hereford (40.9), Brentwood (40.9), Wallsend (41.1) and Carlisle (41.1).
Of the 7 towns nearest Mansfield, 5 are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield | 63,448 | — | 41 | 18% | 27% |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 19,521 | 1.9 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 27% |
| Forest Town | 19,015 | 2.6 mi | 40.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 36,435 | 2.8 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 27% |
| Stanton Hill and Skegby | 4,568 | 3.3 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 27% |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 21,262 | 3.7 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Rainworth | 7,990 | 3.8 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| New Houghton | 1,431 | 3.8 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Nottinghamshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Nottinghamshire (or England), summed the same way as Mansfield’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Mansfield’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 62,849 people in 2021, against 63,448 in the built-up area.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Mansfield’s residents
What is the population of Mansfield?
The 2021 Census counted 63,448 people in Mansfield’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 65,300 people in mid-2024, 11% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Mansfield?
The median age was 41 at the 2021 Census, younger than 75% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mansfield?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 79% across Nottinghamshire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mansfield?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Mansfield good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Grange Farm & Ladybrook (29% of households). Schools are on Mansfield’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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