North Hertfordshire

Key figures

16 of 16 measures have a published figure for North Hertfordshire. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for North Hertfordshire, not our estimates.

• 1,321 births and 1,357 deaths: natural change reduced the population by 36.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 404 people.
• International migration (net) added 171 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 8.
• Altogether the population grew by 547 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in North Hertfordshire: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for North Hertfordshire’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in North Hertfordshire moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

average house price rose faster than pay over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour minority administration (2026) — Labour 23, Liberal Democrat 20, Conservative 7, Other and independent 1 of 51 seats.

Since 2016: Conservative (2016–2018); Conservative (largest party, no overall majority) (2019–2022); Labour (largest party, no overall majority) (2023–2024); Labour minority administration (2025–2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How North Hertfordshire’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

8,913 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 64.9 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 7.2% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£49,224
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,321people
• Census 2011 country of birthCensus 2011 · ONS, published 30 January 2013127,114people
• Census 2021 country of birthCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 November 2022133,211people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026127,114people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026133,210people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026127,114people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026133,210people
• Census 2021 ethnic group by age bandCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026133,220people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026127,114people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026133,210people
• Census 2011 religionCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026127,114people
• Census 2021 religionCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026133,210people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 4.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262,005people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · up 0.1 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262.4%
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 5.0% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,449
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,357people
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,687kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20259%
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202612,200kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · up 7.6 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 20267.8%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · up 7.8% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£422,616
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202511.3
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20250%
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202515%
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026404people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026919people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026171people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026748people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026-36people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20268people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025137,201people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · up 0.5 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20265%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 5.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,429
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 11.7% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£983

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for North Hertfordshire; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for North Hertfordshire, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• £1,871Year ending March 2021→£2,449Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In North Hertfordshire, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,871 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,449 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £577 or 30.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,449 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,871 in the year ending March 2021 = £577, which is 30.8% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,448.52 and 1,871.35, and 2,448.52 − 1,871.35 = 577.17.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In North Hertfordshire, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,871 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,449 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £577 or 30.8%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £30,3132008→£49,2242025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In North Hertfordshire, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £30,313 in 2008 to £49,224 in 2025, a change of £18,911 or 62.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £49,224 in 2025 − £30,313 in 2008 = £18,911, which is 62.4% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In North Hertfordshire, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £30,313 in 2008 to £49,224 in 2025, a change of £18,911 or 62.4%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5622008→£9832025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In North Hertfordshire, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £562 in 2008 to £983 in 2025, a change of £421 or 75.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £983 in 2025 − £562 in 2008 = £421, which is 75.0% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 983.40 and 562.10, and 983.40 − 562.10 = 421.30.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In North Hertfordshire, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £562 in 2008 to £983 in 2025, a change of £421 or 75.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 827Year to mid-2012→404Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In North Hertfordshire, net internal migration by local authority fell from 827 in Year to mid-2012 to 404 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 423 or 51.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  404 in Year to mid-2025 − 827 in Year to mid-2012 = −423, which is 51.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In North Hertfordshire, net internal migration by local authority fell from 827 in Year to mid-2012 to 404 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 423 or 51.1% (ONS).

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• 472Year to mid-2012→919Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In North Hertfordshire, international migration into a local authority rose from 472 in Year to mid-2012 to 919 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 447 or 94.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  919 in Year to mid-2025 − 472 in Year to mid-2012 = 447, which is 94.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In North Hertfordshire, international migration into a local authority rose from 472 in Year to mid-2012 to 919 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 447 or 94.7% (ONS).

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• 479Year to mid-2012→748Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In North Hertfordshire, international migration out of a local authority rose from 479 in Year to mid-2012 to 748 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 269 or 56.2% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  748 in Year to mid-2025 − 479 in Year to mid-2012 = 269, which is 56.2% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In North Hertfordshire, international migration out of a local authority rose from 479 in Year to mid-2012 to 748 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 269 or 56.2% (ONS).

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• -7Year to mid-2012→171Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In North Hertfordshire, net international migration by local authority rose from -7 in Year to mid-2012 to 171 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 178 or 2542.9% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  171 in Year to mid-2025 − -7 in Year to mid-2012 = 178, which is 2542.9% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In North Hertfordshire, net international migration by local authority rose from -7 in Year to mid-2012 to 171 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 178 or 2542.9% (ONS).

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• 1,639Year to mid-2012→1,321Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In North Hertfordshire, births by local authority fell from 1,639 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,321 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 318 or 19.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,321 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,639 in Year to mid-2012 = −318, which is 19.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In North Hertfordshire, births by local authority fell from 1,639 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,321 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 318 or 19.4% (ONS).

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• 1,240Year to mid-2012→1,357Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In North Hertfordshire, deaths by local authority rose from 1,240 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,357 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 117 or 9.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,357 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,240 in Year to mid-2012 = 117, which is 9.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In North Hertfordshire, deaths by local authority rose from 1,240 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,357 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 117 or 9.4% (ONS).

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• 399Year to mid-2012→-36Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In North Hertfordshire, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 399 in Year to mid-2012 to -36 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 435 or 109.0% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  -36 in Year to mid-2025 − 399 in Year to mid-2012 = −435, which is 109.0% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In North Hertfordshire, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 399 in Year to mid-2012 to -36 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 435 or 109.0% (ONS).

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• -171Year to mid-2012→8Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In North Hertfordshire, other population change by local authority rose from -171 in Year to mid-2012 to 8 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 179 or 104.7% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  8 in Year to mid-2025 − -171 in Year to mid-2012 = 179, which is 104.7% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In North Hertfordshire, other population change by local authority rose from -171 in Year to mid-2012 to 8 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 179 or 104.7% (ONS).

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Compare North Hertfordshire with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• North Hertfordshire and Birmingham
• North Hertfordshire and Leeds
• North Hertfordshire and North Yorkshire
• North Hertfordshire and Somerset
• North Hertfordshire and Cornwall
• North Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for North Hertfordshire said then and says now, with the periods named. North Hertfordshire since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for North Hertfordshire are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.