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Birchwood

116 sales in the last 12 months · median £391,000 · Welwyn Hatfield

High wellbeing
Welwyn Hatfield Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition   31/48 seats · 65% · OCD 2026
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Who lives here? This neighbourhood

Population4,973

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 5/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income
3.7/10
Employment
4.7/10
Education & skills
4.3/10
Health & disability
5.3/10
Crime
3.3/10
Housing & services
9.0/10
Living environment
6.3/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Welwyn Hatfield — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+60%
Unemployment · economically active residents6.1%
Degree-level (Level 4+)37%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home57%
Median age37.6
Born outside the UK22%

See the full Welwyn Hatfield report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district
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