Social housing in Welwyn Hatfield
25.3% of households in Welwyn Hatfield are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Welwyn Hatfield?
Welwyn Hatfield ranks 34th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 46,258 households, 11,718 are social homes (25.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Welwyn Hatfield compare with the UK average?
At +7.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Welwyn Hatfield sits above the national level.
Welwyn Hatfield at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Welwyn Hatfield.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Welwyn Hatfield has 54 schools — 51 state-funded and 3 independent. That includes 36 primary and 6 secondary schools. Of the 19 with a published Ofsted grade, 89% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 65 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Welwyn Hatfield, offering about 2,505 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Welwyn Hatfield sits in decile 6 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 3% of its 69 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,083 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Welwyn Hatfield
See Welwyn Hatfield through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).