Welwyn & Hatfield Garden Village

Welwyn Hatfield · East of England · population 8,154 · 5 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,390 of 6,856 in England
  • #182 of 746 in East of England
  • #6 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,139
Median age (est.)42
Density319per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above43%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 16%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 10%Other: 18%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 10%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 7%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 7%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 37% · Hindu 3%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Welwyn & Hatfield Garden Village is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,390 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (81) and lowest on Housing & access (40). Typical homes here sold for about £508,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 77 sales), 18% above the wider Welwyn Hatfield median of £430,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,398 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 53 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 69 · #2,130
Employment 70 · #2,055
Education 77 · #1,547
Health 73 · #1,828
Crime 81 · #1,287
Housing & access 40 · #4,077
Living environment 72 · #1,938

House prices ?

£508,500median (12m) · -5.0% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£508,50077-5.0%+15.6%
Detached£742,50022-1.4%+7.6%
Semi-detached£543,00023+7.4%+23.4%
Terraced£462,00021+15.5%+15.5%
Flat£264,00011-7.4%-17.5%
This area£508,500
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)£53,398±£7,597 · #626 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,100
Price-to-income ?9.5×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
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Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 431 offences
Welwyn Hatfield80
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,334 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences203
Theft84
Burglary19
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons35
Drugs12
Robbery2
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 135 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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