Nottinghamshire · East Midlands
Rushcliffe: house prices, jobs and local statistics
Rushcliffe is a district of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands, home to 119,077 people at the 2021 census. The average house price was £324,012 in July 2026, down 1.5% on a year earlier and up 13.2% on five years before. On the ONS figure for July 2026 it had the 128th highest average price of 360 council areas. 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming unemployment-related benefits in August 2026, against 3.9% across the UK. Median full-time pay for people living here was £45,968 a year in 2025 (UK: £39,039). The biggest employing sector is professional & scientific, with 14.4% of the 48,450 employee jobs counted in 2024.
Rushcliffe house prices
Average price, July 2026
£324,012
East Midlands: £242,274
Change over 1 year
−1.5%
East Midlands: +1.9%
Change over 5 years
+13.2%
Since July 2021
- Detached
- £467,674
- Semi-detached
- £299,445
- Terraced
- £234,227
- Flat or maisonette
- £151,911
- First-time buyers
- £261,610
UK House Price Index, July 2026: HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land and Property Services NI and the ONS. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. About the index.
Ten years of prices and sales in the house price explorerJobs, pay and unemployment in Rushcliffe
Claimant rate, August 2026
2.1%
1,565 people aged 16 to 64. UK: 3.9%
Employment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026
78.8%
UK: 75.4% · Annual Population Survey
Economically inactive
18.4%
UK: 21.0%
Median full-time pay, 2025
£45,968 a year
UK: £39,039
Median weekly pay, 2025
£856
UK: £767
The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.
Claimant count, Annual Population Survey and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (resident analysis), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Two years of claimant counts and ten of pay in the jobs explorerWhat Rushcliffe does for a living
Employee jobs, 2024
48,450
43,275 in 2019
Businesses, 2026
5,250
| Sector | Share of jobs | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Professional & scientific | 14.4% | 9.2% |
| Health & social care | 12.4% | 14.1% |
| Retail, wholesale & motor trade | 10.3% | 13.6% |
| Education | 10.3% | 8.6% |
| Information & communication | 8.3% | 4.5% |
| Hotels, pubs & restaurants | 7.2% | 7.8% |
Business Register and Employment Survey 2024 (Great Britain only). UK Business Counts 2026. Both via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Every sector and business size in the industries explorerHow Rushcliffe has changed
Residents
98,536 in 1991 → 126,736 in 2024 (+28.6%)
England over the same years: +22.4%
Average house price
£184,614 in 2005 → £324,012 in 2026 (+75.5%)
England over the same years: +85.9%
Median weekly pay
£424 in 2008 → £678 in 2025 (+59.8%)
England over the same years: +63.7%
Employment rate
78.1% in 2004 → 80.7% in 2023 (+3.3%)
England over the same years: +4.4%
Claimant count
1.2% in 2001 → 2.0% in 2025 (+66.7%)
England over the same years: +60.0%
Disposable income per head
£13,479 in 1997 → £29,305 in 2024 (+117.4%)
England over the same years: +143.8%
ONS Explore local statistics, each series from its official producer; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Money figures are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.
Every series, charted, in the trends explorerWho lives in Rushcliffe
Residents, 2021
119,077
People per km², 2021
291
England and Wales: 395
Aged 65 and over
21.5%
England and Wales: 18.4%
Aged under 15
16.8%
England and Wales: 17.3%
Homes owned
75.7%
England and Wales: 61.5%
Homes rented privately
14.7%
England and Wales: 20.3%
Homes socially rented
8.6%
England and Wales: 17.1%
Degree or higher (16+)
45.3%
England and Wales: 33.8%
No qualifications (16+)
12.0%
England and Wales: 18.2%
Good or very good health
85.1%
England and Wales: 82.0%
Born in the UK
91.7%
England and Wales: 83.2%
Census 2021 topic summaries (TS001, TS006, TS007A, TS054, TS067, TS037, TS004), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
Any neighbourhood's census profile in the census explorerHow Rushcliffe ranks among UK councils
40 official indicators are published for Rushcliffe; 30 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).
Where it ranks best
- No qualifications · Education & skills1.5% (2023) · 1st lowest of 293
- Children in relative poverty · Economy & work11.3% (2024/25) · 10th lowest of 363
- Smokers · Health & wellbeing6.7% (2020 to 2024) · 12th lowest of 373
- GCSE English and maths · Education & skills83.9% (2024/25) · 13th highest of 313
Where it ranks worst
- Home gas use · Environment11,097 kWh (2024/25) · 300th lowest of 347
- Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access80.9% (January 2026) · 281st highest of 361
- Business births · Economy & work9.2% (2024) · 268th highest of 361
- Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment6.2 t per person (2024) · 258th lowest of 361
ONS Explore local statistics, latest figure for each indicator, ranked among council areas with a published figure; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, each indicator’s producer named on its linked ONS page.
All 40 indicators in the area scorecardHealth in Nottinghamshire
These figures are published for county councils, so they are for Nottinghamshire, which includes Rushcliffe.
- Life expectancy (male) (2025)79.9 years · England 80.0 · 72nd highest of 151
- Life expectancy (female) (2025)83.2 years · England 83.8 · 88th highest of 151
- Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)58.9 years · England 60.9 · 97th highest of 151
- Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)58.7 years · England 61.3 · 99th highest of 151
- Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)336.0 per 100k · England 321.0 · 81st lowest of 151
- Adult smoking prevalence (2024)10.3% · England 10.4 · 71st lowest of 148
- Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)68.5% · England 64.6 · 111th lowest of 153
OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities. Upper-tier local authorities, England. © Crown copyright. Read 2026-09-02. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only: published for upper-tier local authorities.
The full health profile in the health explorerSchools and children in Nottinghamshire
These figures are published for county councils, so they are for Nottinghamshire, which includes Rushcliffe.
- School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)67.4% · England 68.3 · 97th highest of 153
- GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)46.8 score · England 46.0 · 57th highest of 153
- 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)4.4% · England 5.8 · 61st lowest of 150
- Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)19.5% · England 19.8 · 86th lowest of 153
OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, carrying DfE / ONS education measures. Upper-tier local authorities, England. © Crown copyright. Read 2026-09-04. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only: published for upper-tier local authorities.
Nearby schools and more in the education explorerAbout these figures
Rushcliffe (E07000176) is a district council area in the East Midlands, one of 361 council areas this site covers. Every figure on this page is read from the official source named beneath it and carries its own date; the page is rebuilt at most once a day. Survey figures carry sampling error, so small differences between neighbouring councils are often noise. For a single street or neighbourhood rather than the whole council area, search a postcode on the dashboard.
Sources
- HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (landregistry.data.gov.uk). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, OGL v3.0.
- Office for National Statistics via Nomis (nomisweb.co.uk): claimant count, Annual Population Survey, ASHE, BRES, UK Business Counts and Census 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics, OGL v3.0.
- ONS Explore local statistics (ons.gov.uk/explore-local-statistics), OGL v3.0.
- OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
- Council area names and codes: mySociety, UK local authority names and codes (CC BY 4.0), from the ONS Register of Geographic Codes.