Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside

Welwyn Hatfield · East of England · population 7,012 · 4 LSOAs

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86Area Score / 100 ?
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In summary

Welwyn Garden City Central & Handside is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #971 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 16 in Welwyn Hatfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (94) and lowest on Living environment (62). Typical homes here sold for about £510,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 81 sales), 19% above the wider Welwyn Hatfield median of £430,000.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 73 · #1,842
Employment 72 · #1,911
Education 92 · #574
Health 78 · #1,492
Crime 67 · #2,240
Housing & access 94 · #382
Living environment 62 · #2,596

House prices ?

£510,000median (12m) · -5.0% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£510,00081-5.0%-4.0%
Detached£906,25012-9.2%+11.9%
Semi-detached£650,00019-7.7%0.0%
Terraced£495,00027-3.9%+17.5%
Flat£267,00023-2.0%+7.6%
This area£510,000
Welwyn Hatfield£430,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

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Affordability-adjusted Score ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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