Welwyn Hatfield
7 datasets are currently published for Welwyn Hatfield. 3 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices); pupil absence (Department for Education; published for local authorities in England, but not every English district — some are reported only as part of their wider county).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Welwyn Hatfield compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 141st of 361 (21.0 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 69th of 318 (shared with 1 other local authority district) (£413,500).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count by age — Welwyn Hatfield: 2,555, July 2026 (+6.7% year on year, from 2,395). 2,555 people were claiming Universal Credit while required to seek work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. Aged 25-49 accounted for the largest share (1,455, 57%). Next largest was Aged 50+ (595). The largest year-on-year movement was Aged 50+, 14% higher (595). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Claimant count — Welwyn Hatfield: 2,560, July 2026 (+6.9% year on year, from 2,395). Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Welwyn Hatfield: 99.3, June 2026 (+5.8% year on year, from 93.9). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Welwyn Hatfield: £413,500, Q2 2026 (-2.7% year on year, from £425,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Welwyn Hatfield: 9, Q1 2026 (-25.0% year on year, from 12). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Welwyn Hatfield: 121,748, 2025 (-1.1% year on year, from 123,051). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Welwyn Hatfield: 122, 2025 (-29.1% year on year, from 172). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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