New Forest
7 datasets are currently published for New Forest. 3 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices); pupil absence (Department for Education; published for local authorities in England, but not every English district — some are reported only as part of their wider county).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How New Forest compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 313th of 361 (12.8 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 74th of 318 (shared with 1 other local authority district) (£395,000).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — New Forest: 2,255, July 2026 (+6.1% year on year, from 2,125). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — New Forest: 92.0, June 2026 (+1.2% year on year, from 90.9). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — New Forest: £395,000, Q2 2026 (+6.8% year on year, from £370,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — New Forest: 15, Q1 2026 (-37.5% year on year, from 24). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — New Forest: 175,930, 2025 (+0.0% year on year, from 175,845). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — New Forest: 337, 2025 (+3.1% year on year, from 327). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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