Ashwell, Weston & Barley

North Hertfordshire · East of England · population 7,735 · 5 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,171 of 6,856 in England
  • #291 of 746 in East of England
  • #12 of 16 in North Hertfordshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,683
Median age (est.)49
Density47per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above45%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 31%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 13%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

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

Ashwell, Weston & Barley is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,171 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 16 in North Hertfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (96) but weak on Housing & access (7). Typical homes here sold for about £525,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 82 sales), 25% above the wider North Hertfordshire median of £420,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,328 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 88 · #834
Employment 89 · #773
Education 84 · #1,109
Health 96 · #293
Crime 86 · #944
Housing & access 7 · #6,387
Living environment 11 · #6,078

House prices ?

£525,000median (12m) · -8.7% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£525,00082-8.7%-2.1%
Detached£890,00035+13.4%+28.1%
Semi-detached£455,00021-3.2%-6.2%
Terraced£395,00021-4.2%-1.2%
Flat£202,0005
This area£525,000
North Hertfordshire£420,000
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)£51,328±£7,287 · #865 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,346
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 308 offences
North Hertfordshire52
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,246 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences105
Theft47
Burglary39
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson46
Public order & weapons14
Drugs11
Robbery3
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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