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AL7 postcode area · Welwyn Hatfield

The AL7 postcode district spans 8 neighbourhoods (MSOAs) in Welwyn Hatfield. Area Scores range from 33 to 98 across them. Every full AL7 postcode falls within one of the neighbourhoods below.

In summary

The AL7 district contains both ends of the scale: Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell at 98 out of 100 (#108 of 6,856 in England) against Peartree at 33, a 65-point gap between neighbouring areas. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 3 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 1 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £319,000 in Peartree to £670,000 in Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell — a 2.1× gap within the AL7 district.

Living here

Typical net household income£46,737a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime75per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)40
Owner-occupied57%

Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.

House prices in the AL7 district

£389,000median home sold over the past year · +12.8% over 5 years · -1.5% over the year · 395 sales
Detached£625,000
Semi-detached£471,000
Terraced£401,000
Flat£238,000
Welwyn Hatfield£430,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
NeighbourhoodNat. rankArea scoreMedian price
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & DigswellWelwyn Hatfield 10898 £670,000
Welwyn Garden City Central & HandsideWelwyn Hatfield 97186 £510,000
Hall GroveWelwyn Hatfield 2,13769 £446,000
HaldensWelwyn Hatfield 2,74760 £386,500
Hatfield EastWelwyn Hatfield 2,92557 £450,000
PanshangerWelwyn Hatfield 2,92557 £375,000
HollybushWelwyn Hatfield 3,15854 £400,000
PeartreeWelwyn Hatfield 4,57733 £319,000

People living in AL7 Census 2021

Residents57,264
Median age (est.)40
Density1,276per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 28%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 29%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 6%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 84%Asian 6%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 42% · 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.

Towns & places in AL7

Places whose neighbourhoods overlap the AL7 district.

Hatfield Welwyn

Nearby areas

Postcode districts around AL7.

AL8 AL6 AL9 AL10 SG3 SG13 AL4 SG14

A postcode district overlaps several neighbourhoods, so per-neighbourhood figures are shown alongside the district-wide medians — neighbouring areas can differ a lot. Neighbourhood (MSOA) boundaries contain ONS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.