Much Hadham & Hunsdon

East Hertfordshire · East of England · population 6,692 · 4 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,144 of 6,856 in England
  • #287 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 18 in East Hertfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,665
Median age (est.)44
Density96per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above36%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 16%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 23% · Professional 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors23%
Professional18%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
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 53% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Much Hadham & Hunsdon is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,144 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 18 in East Hertfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (92) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £490,000 over the past year, down 12% across five years (from 65 sales), 9% above the wider East Hertfordshire median of £448,125. Typical household take-home income is around £50,067 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 79 · #1,458
Employment 72 · #1,952
Education 72 · #1,931
Health 92 · #567
Crime 86 · #971
Housing & access 12 · #6,017
Living environment 28 · #4,913

House prices ?

£490,000median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£490,00065-2.0%-12.3%
Detached£770,00027-6.9%-0.6%
Semi-detached£490,00019+6.8%+2.1%
Terraced£371,25012-2.4%-2.9%
Flat£293,0007
This area£490,000
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)£50,067±£7,046 · #1,052 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,884
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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 240 offences
East Hertfordshire54
East of England70
England83

Rank #902 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences105
Theft21
Burglary20
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons17
Drugs15
Robbery0
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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