City Profile • Local Authority

Watford

Watford is a local authority district comprising 8 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £452k, reflecting a downward trend of 1.5% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 104 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)

103,031
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

8 Areas

Population Composition

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

Top Ethnicities

White: English45.8%
White: Other White12.5%
Indian9.7%
Pakistani8.0%
Other Asian5.2%
African3.9%

Age Profile

35-39 years8.8%
30-34 years8.6%
40-44 years8.2%
25-29 years7.5%
45-49 years7.2%
5-9 years6.7%

Top Occupations

Professional23.2%
Associate professional13.5%
Managers and directors12.7%
Elementary occupations10.1%
Skilled trades9.3%
Administrative and secretarial9.3%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Mortgage31.0%
Private rented: Landlord26.5%
Owned: Outright24.2%
Social rented: Other11.7%
Social rented: Council3.9%
Private rented: Other1.7%

Area DNA

family3/10
health7/10
safety3/10
homeown2/10
transit10/10
affluence8/10
diversity9/10
employment8/10
investment3/10