United Kingdom · East Midlands · Local Authority
Ashfield
Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands, England · population ~128k · 47 state-funded schools
Affordable housing comes at the cost of lower earnings and higher living expenses. Ashfield's median house price is 5.6 times median annual pay, well below the East Midlands average, and rent takes a reasonable 26.5% of gross earnings. However, weekly pay is £675.90, below the regional median, and Band D council tax is among the highest in the region. Recorded crime and deprivation scores are also higher than the East Midlands median. This location suits those prioritising home ownership affordability over local career prospects.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Ashfield ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£35,147/yr
Very low
Worse than 91% of UK LAs
House price
£196,800
Most affordable
Better than 82% of UK LAs
Rent
£777/mo
Affordable
Better than 78% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,609/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 91% of UK LAs
Crime
80.0/1k
High
Worse than 60% of UK LAs
Deprivation
26.3
High
Worse than 78% of UK LAs
Schools
86.7%
Concerning
Worse than 88% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
47 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
39 of 45 (86.7%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 2 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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47 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 47 schools, sortable and filterable.
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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.