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The average house price in Welwyn Hatfield is £491,290 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 5.6%.

England / Hertfordshire

Welwyn Hatfield

£491,290

Average price, last 12 months

−5.6% in a year
OCT 2016£426kSEPT 2026£491k

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What can I buy with my budget in Welwyn Hatfield?

With £500,000 you could afford the average terraced house in Welwyn Hatfield.

£500,000

Welwyn Hatfield

  • Flats

    £270,614

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £417,898

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £559,966

    £60k short

  • Detached

    £902,557

    £403k short

Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.

How much would a mortgage cost in Welwyn Hatfield?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Welwyn Hatfield costs £2,458 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Welwyn Hatfield

    £2,458

    a month

    Average price
    £491,290
    Deposit
    £49,129
    Mortgage
    £442,161
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £98,258

A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.

What does each type of home cost?

Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.

Detached

  • £902,557

Semi-detached

  • £559,966

Terraced

  • £417,898

Flats

  • £270,614

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Welwyn Hatfield

Mostly terraced houses

18%
21%
36%
25%

How much do prices vary within Welwyn Hatfield?

In Welwyn Hatfield the priciest area costs 3.6× the cheapest.

Welwyn Hatfield8 areas

Cheapest: Woolmer Green, £425,055. Priciest: Ayot St Lawrence, £1,520,000.

Woolmer Green: £425,055Hatfield: £433,560Essendon: £716,833Welwyn: £719,099Northaw and Cuffley: £740,206North Mymms: £745,380Ayot St Peter: £1,429,000Ayot St Lawrence: £1,520,000
  • Welwyn Hatfield average, £491,290

Each dot is one area inside the location, by its average sale price over the last 12 months. The areas we have prices for may not cover every part of a location.

How green is Welwyn Hatfield?

Welwyn Hatfield has 44 public parks among 304 green space sites. Green space covers 3.8% of the area: about 41 m² per resident, or 5.8 football pitches for every 1,000 people. More green space per resident than 66% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    3.8%

    of the land is green space
    41 m² per resident, or 5.8 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    44 public parks

Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

How crowded is Welwyn Hatfield?

Welwyn Hatfield has about 6.6 residents for every football pitch of land, or 2,393 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Welwyn Hatfield
6.6 people per football pitch of land · 2,393 per square mile

Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).

How have average house prices moved?

Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.

When have prices risen and fallen in Welwyn Hatfield?

Prices in Welwyn Hatfield were down on a year earlier in 43 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 5.6% on a year earlier.

Welwyn Hatfield43 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.

How many homes were sold?

Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.

How do all the numbers compare?

Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.

Latest 12-month average

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    £491,290

Change over 1 year

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    −£28,903

Change over ~10 years

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    +£66,387

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    1,098

Number of postcodes

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    4,742

Households (Census 2021)

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    46,229

Household density

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    923 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    119,883

Population density

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    2,393 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    41 m² per resident · more than 66% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    3.8%

Public parks

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    44

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    78 per 1,000 · Very High

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    −4.4%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    24 per 1,000

Peak month

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    JUN 2023 · £599,415

Most common price band

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    £500k – £1m · 29.3%

Detached average

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    £902,557

Semi-detached average

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    £559,966

Terraced average

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    £417,898

Flats average

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    £270,614

Detached share of sales

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    18.5%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    21.4%

Terraced share of sales

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    35.6%

Flats share of sales

  • Welwyn Hatfield

    England / Hertfordshire / Welwyn Hatfield

    24.6%

Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

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