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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004991

Hatfield Town

Hatfield Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,230 residents in Welwyn Hatfield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,230

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,097

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,832.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

34.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Upper Horfield, Bristol, City of8,046 residents · 38.3% owned · 26.3% no carCanterbury Wincheap, Canterbury6,417 residents · 39.8% owned · 29.7% no carRowley Fields & Faircharm, Leicester8,146 residents · 44.4% owned · 30.4% no carUxbridge West, Hillingdon10,555 residents · 40.7% owned · 35.7% no carChurchill, Oxford7,621 residents · 28.6% owned · 38.1% no carKingston East & Norbiton West, Kingston upon Thames10,313 residents · 39.9% owned · 42.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hatfield Town

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Social rented36.1%
1,117 households
Owned34%
1,053 households
Private rented28.3%
875 households
Shared ownership1.3%
41 households
Lives rent free0.4%
11 households
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.1%
1,118 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement33.5%
1,037 households
Semi-detached21.1%
654 households
Detached6.4%
197 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
48 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
34 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,330 households
No cars or vans in household28.1%
871 households
2 cars or vans in household21.2%
657 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.7%
238 households
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms34.4%
1,066 households
2 bedrooms28.8%
892 households
1 bedroom20.5%
634 households
4 or more bedrooms16.3%
503 households
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.7%
1,723 households
One-person household28.7%
888 households
Other household types15.6%
482 households
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household28.8%
890 households
2 people in household26%
804 households
3 people in household17.9%
554 households
4 people in household16.3%
506 households
5 people in household6.4%
198 households
6 people in household3.1%
96 households
7 people in household1%
30 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
17 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.6%
1,532 residents
15–2927.8%
2,287 residents
30–4424.2%
1,996 residents
45–6420.2%
1,663 residents
65 and over9.2%
754 residents
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.7%
5,486 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.5%
1,361 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.1%
746 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.1%
339 residents
Other ethnic group3.6%
296 residents
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.2%
2,396 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.8%
1,181 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.4%
753 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
609 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.7%
314 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.7%
3,824 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.5%
2,153 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.8%
653 residents aged 16 and over
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students19.9%
1,316 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.1%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.9%
919 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.4%
820 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9%
598 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.7%
575 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.4%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.1%
4,203 residents
Good health33.5%
2,758 residents
Fair health11.2%
919 residents
Bad health3.4%
278 residents
Very bad health0.9%
72 residents
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
7,002 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
1,228 residents
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.9%
1,329 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%
1,109 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
533 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.9%
120 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Hatfield Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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