Housing in NG17 4GB
What the homes in NG17 4GB are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Sutton Forest Side & New Cross
- Council
- Ashfield
- Region
- East Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,960 (2024)
NG17 4GBSutton-in-Ashfield
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (54.7%). Flats make up 19.3%, below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
32.2% of households in the NG17 4GB area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 46.2% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 16.3% own outright and 15.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned32.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.8%1%
- Private rented46.2%20.5%
- Social rented20.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.1%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 38.5% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (31.4%). 28.2% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Ashfield
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Ashfield (August 2026, +4.9% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around NG17 4GB (Sutton Forest Side & New Cross) (about 1,960 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.