Watton-at-Stone, Bramfield & Bayford

East Hertfordshire · East of England · population 7,465 · 3 LSOAs

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

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,863 of 6,856 in England
  • #245 of 746 in East of England
  • #13 of 18 in East Hertfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,526
Median age (est.)48
Density103per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above41%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 31%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 13%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 23% · Professional 22% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors23%
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · 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

Watton-at-Stone, Bramfield & Bayford is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,863 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 18 in East Hertfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (97) but weak on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £555,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 92 sales), 24% above the wider East Hertfordshire median of £448,125. Typical household take-home income is around £49,115 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 85 · #999
Employment 82 · #1,225
Education 81 · #1,321
Health 97 · #204
Crime 85 · #999
Housing & access 10 · #6,195
Living environment 24 · #5,187

House prices ?

£555,000median (12m) · -6.3% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£555,00092-6.3%-0.9%
Detached£1,025,00029-6.8%+16.6%
Semi-detached£570,50020-12.9%+18.9%
Terraced£465,00030+12.0%+10.7%
Flat£260,00013+7.2%-7.6%
This area£555,000
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)£49,115±£6,888 · #1,218 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,192
Price-to-income ?11.3×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 256 offences
East Hertfordshire54
East of England70
England83

Rank #754 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences112
Theft27
Burglary18
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson17
Public order & weapons22
Drugs14
Robbery0
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 89 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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