Peartree

Welwyn Hatfield · East of England · population 9,063 · 6 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,577 of 6,856 in England
  • #612 of 746 in East of England
  • #16 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,788
Median age (est.)34
Density4,780per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above34%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 36%45–64 23%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 44%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 44%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 16%Other: 10%
One person 33%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 16%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 6%Black: 6%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 82%Asian 6%Black 6%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Peartree is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,577 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (85) but weak on Income (23). Typical homes here sold for about £319,000 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 117 sales), 26% below the wider Welwyn Hatfield median of £430,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,120 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 23 · #5,276
Employment 27 · #5,030
Education 33 · #4,618
Health 28 · #4,920
Crime 27 · #4,995
Housing & access 60 · #2,747
Living environment 85 · #1,006

House prices ?

£319,000median (12m) · +9.1% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£319,000117+9.1%+8.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£435,00013+2.4%+11.5%
Terraced£400,00043+3.9%+13.0%
Flat£244,00060+17.9%-4.3%
This area£319,000
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)£43,120±£6,175 · #2,556 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,735
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 777 offences
Welwyn Hatfield80
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,359 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences389
Theft130
Burglary39
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson65
Public order & weapons60
Drugs25
Robbery9
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 233 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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