Reviewed figures: 1996 to 2025. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.
Shown on this chart: 167,612 people in 1996; 175,930 people in 2025. 5% higher between these observations.
166.4k172.5k178.7k
19962025
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The population rose from 167,612 to 175,930 between 1996 and 2025.
2024 to 2025: 85 more people (0% higher).
This counts the whole council area. Growth alone does not establish overcrowding or a shortfall in services.
Data table and workings
All ages, both sexes, usual residents. Source series rebased to the 2021/2022 censuses; latest revisions replace older estimates.
These estimates cover the whole authority, including any surrounding towns and countryside.
Historical boundaries/revisions follow the source series; null years are not zero.
The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.
Population over time — New Forest local authority area: full reviewed history
New Forest local authority area · Cash prices, before allowing for inflation
Reviewed figures: January 2015 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: £813 a month in January 2015; £1,244 a month in August 2026. 53% higher between these observations.
£761.3£1k£1.3k
January 2015August 2026
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Average monthly rent rose from £813 to £1,244 between January 2015 and August 2026.
August 2025 to August 2026: £22 more a month (1.8% higher).
Cash prices, before allowing for inflation. Changes do not show affordability without local earnings and household circumstances.
Data table and workings
Official local housing data feed. House prices are provisional, not seasonally adjusted; rents use the Price Index of Private Rents. Local short-term estimates are variable. Country references use only the explicitly country-coded ctry object, never the local place object.
The whole authority area, not just the named city settlement.
Prices are in pounds at the time, not adjusted for inflation.
Average existing and new private rents; not a quote for a home currently advertised.
The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.
Average monthly private rent over time — New Forest local authority area: full reviewed history
New Forest local authority area · Cash prices, before allowing for inflation
Reviewed figures: January 1995 to July 2026. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.
Shown on this chart: £71,887 in August 1996; £384,977 in July 2026. 435.5% higher between these observations.
£30.3k£238.4k£446.5k
August 1996July 2026
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Average home prices rose from £71,000 to £385,000 between January 1995 and July 2026.
July 2025 to July 2026: £0 more per home (0% higher).
Cash prices, before allowing for inflation. Changes do not show affordability without local earnings and household circumstances.
Data table and workings
Published UK House Price Index average price, all property types and all buyers, not seasonally adjusted. Entire series comes from the 2026-07 official full-file release, preserving its historical revisions and exact area codes. It is a mix-adjusted average, not the median price paid.
Prices are in pounds at the time, not adjusted for inflation.
Whole local authority area; not a typical home listing or the budget needed by a first-time buyer.
Provisional estimates can be revised. Historical boundaries follow the exact published source code; no old-code series has been relabelled.
The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.
Average home price over time — New Forest local authority area: full reviewed history
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Published UK House Price Index average price, all property types and all buyers, not seasonally adjusted. Entire series comes from the 2026-07 official full-file release, preserving its historical revisions and exact area codes. It is a mix-adjusted average, not the median price paid.
Shown to the nearest £1,000. Published value: £384,977.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability
3%
21 March 2021 · New Forest local authority area
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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
2025-09 to 2026-08 · New Forest local authority area
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Approximate street locations assigned to official generalised ward polygons. ASB separate; transport police, unlocated and outside-boundary records excluded. Overlarge API polygons are tiled with unique half-open ownership.
Published mapped crimes excluding anti-social behaviour
Official local housing data feed. House prices are provisional, not seasonally adjusted; rents use the Price Index of Private Rents. Local short-term estimates are variable. Country references use only the explicitly country-coded ctry object, never the local place object.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.
21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.
Additional official figures already held in UK Facts, kept with their original dates and definitions.
Typical weekly pay before tax
Survey-based evidence£732.9
2025 · New Forest · per week
The middle weekly pay of full-time employees who live here. This is before tax and is not take-home household income.
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Median gross weekly earnings of full-time resident employees. Not an annual-pay median; no multiplication by 52 is used here. Survey estimates are subject to sampling and nonresponse uncertainty.
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings · Full-time resident employees · 2025
Missing this much school can interrupt learning. The figure covers schools located here, so it is not a count of every child who lives here.
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Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of possible half-day sessions. School-location basis, enrolment denominator; independent schools and children not on a school roll are outside this collection. Administrative school records, not a survey.
A summary of death rates over this period. It does not predict how long an individual will live or isolate the effect of local services.
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ONS release of 10 December 2025; observations and source publication date verified against the original workbook on 11 October 2026. Three-year period life expectancy, not an individual prediction.
A summary of death rates over this period. It does not predict how long an individual will live or isolate the effect of local services.
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ONS release of 10 December 2025; observations and source publication date verified against the original workbook on 11 October 2026. Three-year period life expectancy, not an individual prediction.
