Hart: local statistics
Hart is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 103,335 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Hart, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A girl born in Hart in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 86.2 years and a boy 83.7 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.0 years for women and +1.4 for men. It is the 2nd highest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The claimant count for Hart stood at 1,105 in August 2026, or 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.1% in the South East. A year earlier the rate was 1.6%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.3% (October 2023) and 2.2% (August 2021).
The average house price in Hart was £481,051 in July 2026, up 2.6% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the 10th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. Prices are 25% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Hart (£46,502) gives a ratio of 10.3. That ratio is the 15th highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
The median full-time employee living in Hart was paid £928.00 a week before tax in April 2025 (£46,502 a year). It is 8th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest, and 13.8% more than across the South East. For full-time jobs located in Hart the median is £787.90 a week (−£140.10 on the residents' figure). In 2015 the residents' median was £708.20, so it has risen 31% before inflation.
Average Band D council tax in Hart is £2,400.02 for 2026-27, up £114.87 on 2025-26. That makes it 48th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,533.01.
5,045 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Hart in March 2026, 5% fewer than in 2016. That is 49 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the South East, 35th of 64.
Hart had an estimated 103,335 residents in mid-2025, a change of +0.3% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 9.0%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole, close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (28th fastest growth). No earlier year in the series was higher.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.3% of Hart residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 6.8 points either way, against 78.9% across the South East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 76.3% to 87.9%.
The Home Office does not publish recorded crime for Hart on its own for recent years, so this page gives the figure for the Hampshire police force area: 151,788 offences excluding fraud in the year to March 2026, 3,053 fewer than the year before.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 94,766 |
| 2016 | 95,560 |
| 2017 | 96,322 |
| 2018 | 97,022 |
| 2019 | 97,727 |
| 2020 | 98,299 |
| 2021 | 100,262 |
| 2022 | 100,943 |
| 2023 | 102,284 |
| 2024 | 103,031 |
| 2025 | 103,335 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £385,854 |
| July 2017 | £400,825 |
| July 2018 | £390,004 |
| July 2019 | £393,483 |
| July 2020 | £400,225 |
| July 2021 | £424,299 |
| July 2022 | £461,022 |
| July 2023 | £459,685 |
| July 2024 | £457,490 |
| July 2025 | £468,884 |
| July 2026 | £481,051 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £708.20 a week |
| 2016 | £624.30 a week |
| 2017 | £715.20 a week |
| 2018 | £669.20 a week |
| 2019 | £710.60 a week |
| 2020 | £717.40 a week |
| 2021 | £770.70 a week |
| 2022 | £813.00 a week |
| 2023 | £844.40 a week |
| 2024 | £914.60 a week |
| 2025 | £928.00 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,533.01 |
| 2017-18 | £1,599.51 |
| 2018-19 | £1,687.96 |
| 2019-20 | £1,757.32 |
| 2020-21 | £1,826.24 |
| 2021-22 | £1,913.55 |
| 2022-23 | £1,977.94 |
| 2023-24 | £2,078.51 |
| 2024-25 | £2,174.44 |
| 2025-26 | £2,285.15 |
| 2026-27 | £2,400.02 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 83.2% |
| 2016/17 | 87.1% |
| 2017/18 | 87.3% |
| 2018/19 | 87.2% |
| 2019/20 | 87.9% |
| 2020/21 | 76.3% |
| 2021/22 | 86.7% |
| 2022/23 | 81.1% |
| 2023/24 | 87.6% |
| 2024/25 | 81.3% |
| 2025/26 | 78.3% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 86.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 86.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 86.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 86.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 86.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 86.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,330 |
| 2017 | 5,390 |
| 2018 | 5,360 |
| 2019 | 5,360 |
| 2020 | 5,370 |
| 2021 | 5,275 |
| 2022 | 5,065 |
| 2023 | 4,910 |
| 2024 | 4,890 |
| 2025 | 4,945 |
| 2026 | 5,045 |
Questions about Hart
What is life expectancy in Hart?
86.2 years for women and 83.7 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Hart?
1,105 in August 2026 (1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average house price in Hart?
£481,051 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+2.6% on a year).
What is the average salary in Hart?
£928.00 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Hart?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,400.02 for 2026-27.
What is the population of Hart?
The ONS estimates 103,335 people lived in Hart in mid-2025.
Who has power over Hart
Every body that makes decisions for Hart, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Hart council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Hart in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Aldershot: Alex Baker (Labour) MP
- North East Hampshire: Alex Brewer (Liberal Democrat) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime (police force area): This figure covers the whole Hampshire police force area, not just Hart, because the Home Office tables do not give Hart on its own. It is the sum of the force's partnership rows, including offences not assigned to a partnership, and excludes fraud.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK unemployment rate · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the South East: Eastbourne · Lewes · Rother · Rushmoor · Spelthorne · Woking
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