City Profile • Local Authority

North Hertfordshire

North Hertfordshire is a local authority district comprising 11 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £487k. Crime levels sit at a moderate 62 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

134,159
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

11 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the North Hertfordshire authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English81.3%
White: Other White4.9%
Indian2.8%
White and Black Caribbean1.4%
White: Irish1.3%
White and Asian1.1%

Age Profile

45-49 years7.2%
50-54 years7.1%
55-59 years7.1%
40-44 years7.0%
35-39 years6.8%
30-34 years6.5%

Top Occupations

Professional25.5%
Managers and directors16.1%
Associate professional15.4%
Administrative and secretarial8.8%
Skilled trades8.7%
Caring and leisure7.4%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright33.4%
Owned: Mortgage31.4%
Private rented: Landlord13.7%
Social rented: Other12.5%
Social rented: Council6.1%
Private rented: Other1.7%

Area DNA

family4/10
health5/10
safety8/10
homeown4/10
transit6/10
affluence9/10
diversity4/10
employment9/10
investment7/10