Newly released data from the 2021 census has shown the extent of social change in Welwyn Hatfield neighbourhoods over the previous ten years.

Questions were put to households last year - for the first time since the 2011 census - and some of their answers have now been revealed.

You can interact with the maps below to see how your neighbourhood compares with the figures for Welwyn and Hatfield as a whole.

Earlier this year, census data showed that Welwyn and Hatfield's population had grown from 110,535 in 2011 to 119,900 in 2021.

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The latest data release drills further into Welwyn Hatfield's census responses, with details of median age, family composition and internal migration, among other categories.

The figures show that the percentage of adults in Welwyn Hatfield who were married or in a civil partnership fell from 44.7 per cent to 43.6 per cent.

In comparison, the percentage of adults who have never married or registered a civil partnership rose from 38.7 per cent to 40.9 per cent.

The median age of residents increased slightly, from 36 to 37.

The percentage of residents who were born in the UK declined from 82.8 per cent in 2011 to 78 per cent in 2021. 10.1 per cent were born elsewhere in Europe, compared to 5.7 per cent in 2011.

Meanwhile, in 2021 4.4 per cent of residents were born in Africa and six per cent in the Middle East and Asia. Comparable figures for 2011 are not available.

 

The percentage of people with no passport has fallen from 12 per cent to 9.3 per cent, while 76.3 per cent of people held a UK pasport - similar to the corresponding figure for 2011, which was 76.5 per cent.

In positive news, the percentage of households showing deprivation in at least one dimension declined from 53.4 per cent in 2011 to 48.5 per cent in 2021.

Households may be classed as deprived if households are overcrowded, or include people with disabilities, unemployed or without educational qualifications.