Council tax bands in Welwyn Hatfield

50,960 homesEast of EnglandHertfordshire

Welwyn Hatfield has the fourth-largest share of homes built from 1945 to 1964 (32.6%) and the sixth-smallest share built before 1919 (2.9%) of the 318 councils in England and Wales. Among the ten councils in Hertfordshire, it has the largest share of homes built from 2000 to 2015 (13.6%).

Post-war building leads

The biggest building periods here were from 1945 to 1964, from 1965 to 1982 (17.2%) and between the wars (13.7%). Some 3,720 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a lower band than the middle home built before 2016 (band D). Bands A and B take 30.7% of these newer homes and 12.6% of the older ones. By build period, the middle home sits in band D for homes built from 1945 to 1964, band C for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band D for those built between the wars. The busiest single year was 2019, with 710 homes recorded as built. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 170 homes (+0.33%).

The homes cluster in the middle bands

The homes in Welwyn Hatfield gather in the middle of the ladder: bands C to E hold 67.9%, with band C the largest single band (32.1%). The middle home on the list is in band D. The share in bands A and B, 14.0%, is 29.1 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the East of England it is 34.9%. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run C, D, B, E, F, G, A and H. Band H, the top band, holds 760 homes. Within the East of England, the band mix closest to this one is that of Rochford.

Terraced houses are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Welwyn Hatfield is terraced houses at 35.3%, followed in turn by flats and maisonettes (27.5%), semi-detached houses (15.0%), detached houses (14.4%) and bungalows (6.8%). The typical home of each type sits in band G for detached houses, band E for bungalows, band D for semi-detached houses, band D for terraced houses and band C for flats and maisonettes. The widest gap to the rest of the East of England is in terraced houses: 11.2 points above the share there (24.1%). The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Dacorum, followed by Broxbourne and Gosport.

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (43.3%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (24.2%) and one-bedroom (15.7%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band B with one bedroom, band C with two, band D with three, band F with four and band G with five. A detached house here has 3.8 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.7. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 16.8%. Homes here average 2.67 bedrooms, more than the 2.66 for England.

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Welwyn Hatfield are Dacorum (7.3), West Oxfordshire (11.6) and West Berkshire (13.1); the furthest within the East of England is Norwich (123.6).

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Placed in the East of England

On the share of homes in band F or above, Welwyn Hatfield comes 9th of the 45 councils in the East of England, just behind South Cambridgeshire and just ahead of Dacorum. All East of England councils.