Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets

East Hertfordshire · East of England · population 9,381 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,678 of 6,856 in England
  • #224 of 746 in East of England
  • #11 of 18 in East Hertfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,387
Median age (est.)43
Density267per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above33%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 13%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 36%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 36%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 13%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 39% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 8%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,678 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 18 in East Hertfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (95) but weak on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 113 sales), 6% above the wider East Hertfordshire median of £448,125. Typical household take-home income is around £48,559 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 74 · #1,808
Employment 72 · #1,883
Education 60 · #2,747
Health 95 · #361
Crime 76 · #1,609
Housing & access 30 · #4,810
Living environment 49 · #3,467

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · -5.0% yr · n=113
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,000113-5.0%+6.7%
Detached£717,00031-2.6%-9.7%
Semi-detached£535,00023-9.1%-4.5%
Terraced£433,75032+5.3%+10.2%
Flat£239,00027-4.4%+7.4%
This area£475,000
East Hertfordshire£448,125
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£48,559±£6,907 · #1,342 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,968
Price-to-income ?9.8×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 435 offences
East Hertfordshire54
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,823 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences195
Theft63
Burglary19
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson44
Public order & weapons26
Drugs22
Robbery4
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 96 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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