Brookmans Park

Welwyn Hatfield · East of England · population 6,232 · 4 LSOAs

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

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #245 of 6,856 in England
  • #29 of 746 in East of England
  • #2 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,149
Median age (est.)46
Density290per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above43%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 3%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 22%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 26% · Professional 24% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors26%
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 85%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 29% · Jewish 4%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Brookmans Park is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #245 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #2 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (99) but weak on Housing & access (44). Typical homes here sold for about £810,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 58 sales) — roughly 1.9× the wider Welwyn Hatfield median of £430,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,515 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £58,319 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 98 · #156
Employment 99 · #67
Education 88 · #793
Health 99 · #87
Crime 88 · #807
Housing & access 44 · #3,871
Living environment 59 · #2,781

House prices ?

£810,000median (12m) · -7.7% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£810,00058-7.7%+16.5%
Detached£1,125,00028-6.2%+11.7%
Semi-detached£753,75014+1.9%+14.7%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£431,25012+38.0%+15.9%
This area£810,000
Welwyn Hatfield£430,000
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)£58,319±£8,346 · #255 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,543
Price-to-income ?13.9×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 ?

5Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 264 offences
Welwyn Hatfield80
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,458 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences123
Theft23
Burglary30
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson18
Public order & weapons18
Drugs14
Robbery3
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 47 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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