Welwyn Hatfield: local statistics
Welwyn Hatfield is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 121,748 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 Welwyn Hatfield, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Welwyn Hatfield cost £448,681 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 3.0% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it 10th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest; the average for the East of England was £337,518. The July peak was £456,751 in 2023, and prices are 13% above July 2016. The average price is 9.9 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Welwyn Hatfield. That ratio is the 8th highest ratio of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
A Band D home in Welwyn Hatfield pays an average of £2,452.26 in council tax in 2026-27, up £118.80 on 2025-26. It is the 13th highest of 45 in the East of England. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,569.35.
Life expectancy at birth in Welwyn Hatfield is 84.6 years for women and 80.7 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +1.0 years for women and +0.9 for men. It is 15th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest for women.
In the year to March 2026, 9,546 offences were recorded by police in Welwyn Hatfield: 78.4 per 1,000 people, 15th of 42 in the East of England, counting from the highest rate. The rate was 74.7 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 63.1 to 78.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Welwyn Hatfield was £864.10 in April 2025, or £45,145 over a year. That is 7.4% above the figure for the East of England and 18th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £929.90, £65.80 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £576.10: a change of +50% before inflation.
121,748 people lived in Welwyn Hatfield in mid-2025, according to the ONS, down 1.1% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 6.8% (the East of England: +8.5%). That is mid-table in the East of England, 27th of 45. The series peaked at 123,051 in mid-2024.
3.2% of Welwyn Hatfield residents aged 16 to 64 (2,530 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.3% in the East of England. Twelve months before, it was 3.0%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.3% (October 2022) and 3.9% (August 2021).
An estimated 76.7% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Welwyn Hatfield were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 7.3 points), against 78.3% across the East of England. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 71.2% to 90.1%.
In March 2026, 6,075 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Welwyn Hatfield, 9% more than in 2016. There are 50 per 1,000 residents, the 15th highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 113,972 |
| 2016 | 116,637 |
| 2017 | 117,617 |
| 2018 | 118,365 |
| 2019 | 119,180 |
| 2020 | 119,806 |
| 2021 | 119,747 |
| 2022 | 120,571 |
| 2023 | 122,047 |
| 2024 | 123,051 |
| 2025 | 121,748 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £397,942 |
| July 2017 | £392,455 |
| July 2018 | £398,771 |
| July 2019 | £401,747 |
| July 2020 | £397,923 |
| July 2021 | £409,690 |
| July 2022 | £455,823 |
| July 2023 | £456,751 |
| July 2024 | £444,683 |
| July 2025 | £435,781 |
| July 2026 | £448,681 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £576.10 a week |
| 2016 | £595.40 a week |
| 2017 | £602.30 a week |
| 2018 | £618.50 a week |
| 2019 | £614.80 a week |
| 2020 | £667.20 a week |
| 2021 | £670.80 a week |
| 2022 | £695.60 a week |
| 2023 | £750.40 a week |
| 2024 | £780.10 a week |
| 2025 | £864.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,569.35 |
| 2017-18 | £1,639.92 |
| 2018-19 | £1,730.42 |
| 2019-20 | £1,799.50 |
| 2020-21 | £1,867.06 |
| 2021-22 | £1,943.90 |
| 2022-23 | £2,019.94 |
| 2023-24 | £2,120.69 |
| 2024-25 | £2,224.88 |
| 2025-26 | £2,333.46 |
| 2026-27 | £2,452.26 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 63.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 74.3 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 76.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 78.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 78.3 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 68.8 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 70.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 71.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 70.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 74.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 78.4 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 74.1% |
| 2016/17 | 80.8% |
| 2017/18 | 80.8% |
| 2018/19 | 81.4% |
| 2019/20 | 82.1% |
| 2020/21 | 83.4% |
| 2021/22 | 71.2% |
| 2022/23 | 74.4% |
| 2023/24 | 90.1% |
| 2024/25 | 76.5% |
| 2025/26 | 76.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.9 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.0 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.0 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.6 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.2 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,585 |
| 2017 | 5,850 |
| 2018 | 5,935 |
| 2019 | 6,090 |
| 2020 | 6,205 |
| 2021 | 6,045 |
| 2022 | 6,030 |
| 2023 | 5,855 |
| 2024 | 5,850 |
| 2025 | 5,940 |
| 2026 | 6,075 |
Questions about Welwyn Hatfield
What is the average house price in Welwyn Hatfield?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £448,681.
How much is Band D council tax in Welwyn Hatfield?
£2,452.26 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is life expectancy in Welwyn Hatfield?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.7 years for men and 84.6 for women.
What is the crime rate in Welwyn Hatfield?
78.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the average salary in Welwyn Hatfield?
£864.10 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the population of Welwyn Hatfield?
The ONS estimates 121,748 people lived in Welwyn Hatfield in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Welwyn Hatfield?
The ONS claimant count was 2,530 in August 2026, 3.2% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
Who has power over Welwyn Hatfield
Every body that makes decisions for Welwyn Hatfield, 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
- Welwyn Hatfield council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Welwyn Hatfield 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
- Hertsmere: Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative) MP
- Welwyn Hatfield: Andrew Lewin (Labour) 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: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the East of England: Epping Forest · Fenland · Hertsmere · Mid Suffolk · North Hertfordshire · Watford
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