Housing in SG8 5SU
What the homes in SG8 5SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Royston North & Central
- Council
- North Hertfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,078 (2024)
SG8 5SURoyston
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (35%). Flats make up 20.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
72.6% of households in the SG8 5SU area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 16.9% of households, below the England figure of 20.5%. 28.3% own outright and 44.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned72.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership2.1%1%
- Private rented16.9%20.5%
- Social rented8.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.6 people living in it. 21.8% 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 (31.5%). 37.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in North Hertfordshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in North Hertfordshire (August 2026, +5.4% 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 SG8 5SU (Royston North & Central) (about 2,078 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.