Grange Farm & Ladybrook
Mansfield 010 · 7 sub-areas · 10,962 residents
Mansfield 010 is a residential neighbourhood within Mansfield, home to around 10,900 people. A typical two-bedroom lets for about £689 a month — well under the national average and among the more affordable parts of the East Midlands. The neighbourhood skews older than many comparable areas, with a notably even spread across age groups and a strong owner-occupier majority.
Grange Farm & Ladybrook is a settled residential pocket of Mansfield. The bigger gravitational centre is Sheffield, around 60 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for.
Overview
What's it like to live in Grange Farm & Ladybrook?
3 parks and 2 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £770 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 7 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Grange Farm & Ladybrook in Mansfield
Living in Grange Farm & Ladybrook
This part of Mansfield has a settled, residential feel — most people here own their home, the streets are quiet, and the population has put down roots rather than passing through. Around two in three households are owner-occupied, which gives the area a stability that distinguishes it from the more transient parts of town.
Rent here is low by any measure. A two-bedroom comes in at roughly £689 a month — well under half what you'd expect to pay in central London and noticeably below the national average of around £1,200. That affordability extends to buying: the median sale price sits around £167,000, and a typical deposit takes just three years to save on local wages. The trade-off is that renting absorbs a relatively high share of take-home pay — around 42% — which reflects local salaries rather than high rents.
The neighbourhood has a broad demographic spread. Around one in five residents is under 18, and nearly the same share is over 65, with working-age groups filling in the middle roughly evenly. Single-person households make up close to 30% of the total — higher than you might expect in an area this family-oriented on paper. Social housing accounts for around 19% of tenure, which is above average for the region.
Practically speaking, the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1.6 km away — about a 20-minute walk — and the vast majority of residents drive to work, with public transport used by fewer than one in twenty. Greenspace is genuinely accessible: around two thirds of residents are within a short walk of green space, with the average distance under 250 metres. See the streets and sub-areas below for more on specific pockets within the neighbourhood.
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Frequently asked
- Is Mansfield 010 a nice place to live?
- It's a settled, affordable residential neighbourhood with strong owner-occupier rates and good greenspace access — around two thirds of residents are within a short walk of green space. The trade-off is that local school ratings are well below the national average, and the area is very car-dependent with limited public transport options.
- What is the rent in Mansfield 010?
- A one-bedroom typically runs around £536 a month, a two-bedroom around £689, and a three-bedroom around £824. These are estimates scaled from city-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose about 3.6% in the past year.
- Is Mansfield 010 safe?
- The crime rate sits at around 85 incidents per 1,000 residents annually — slightly above the UK average of roughly 80 per 1,000. It's not a dramatic difference, but the area isn't below the national baseline. Anti-social behaviour tends to be the main driver of local figures.
- What's the commute from Mansfield 010 to the city centre?
- Most residents drive — around 68% commute by car. The nearest mainline rail station is about 1.6 km away (roughly a 20-minute walk). By public transport, Birmingham is around 96 minutes away, Manchester around 111 minutes, and London around 134 minutes.
- Who lives in Mansfield 010?
- A broadly mixed community — unusually even across age groups, with each cohort from under-18s to over-65s making up around 20% of the population. Around 65% own their home, and nearly 19% are in social housing. Single-person households account for about 29% of the total.
- What schools are near Mansfield 010?
- There are 79 schools within 2 km, but only around 37% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted — significantly below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 8.5 km away, so families should research individual catchments carefully.
- Is Mansfield 010 affordable to buy in?
- Yes — the median sale price is around £167,000, and on a typical local salary, a 10% deposit takes about three years to save. That's a relatively accessible route onto the property ladder compared to most of England.