Housing in AL8 7TS
What the homes in AL8 7TS are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Welwyn & Hatfield Garden Village
- Council
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,489 (2024)
AL8 7TSWelwyn Garden City
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (42.5%). Flats make up 14.8%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
74.2% of households in the AL8 7TS area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 13.6% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 29.5% own outright and 44.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned74.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.5%1%
- Private rented13.6%20.5%
- Social rented11.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.8 people living in it. 19% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (32.5%). 38.7% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Welwyn Hatfield
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Welwyn Hatfield (August 2026, +3.5% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around AL8 7TS (Welwyn & Hatfield Garden Village) (about 1,489 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.