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Hatfield East

Middle area

Central Welwyn Hatfield. 7,582 people in 22 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Hatfield East’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£456,500
1,317th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,285
4,687th lowest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Hatfield East compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price16 middle areas, Welwyn Hatfield · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Welwyn Hatfield16 areas from £312,000 to £887,500. The middle area is £448,250. Hatfield East is £456,500.
£456,5008th highest
Population16 middle areas, Welwyn Hatfield · 2021
Population: every middle area in Welwyn Hatfield16 areas from 5,487 to 12,556. The middle area is 7,109. Hatfield East is 7,285.
7,2858th highest
Gigabit broadband coverage16 middle areas, Welwyn Hatfield · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Welwyn Hatfield16 areas from 64.0% to 99.0%. The middle area is 89.1%. Hatfield East is 80.3%.
80.3%3rd lowest
Claimant rate16 middle areas, Welwyn Hatfield · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Welwyn Hatfield16 areas from 1.1% to 4.6%. The middle area is 3.1%. Hatfield East is 3.9%.
3.9%3rd highest

Figures for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield

These figures are published for the whole of Welwyn Hatfield, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Welwyn Hatfield and not Hatfield East alone. See Welwyn Hatfield

Average house price
£448,681
Up 3.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£45,145
48th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.9×
56th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.9
77th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Hatfield East in brief

The median price paid for a home in Hatfield East was £456,500 in 2025.

Hatfield East had 7,285 usual residents at the census.

In Hatfield East, 80.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Hatfield East, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.