Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population Density
319
Population growth
Gender ratio
0.96 male to female
english main language
97%
birth rate
10.5
death rate
8.7
Major religion
63% Christian
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The population of East Hertfordshire is 151,786 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. East Hertfordshire's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was per year. East Hertfordshire covers an area of 476 square kilometres (184 square miles) and has a population density of 319 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in East Hertfordshire is predominantly white (95%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 5% of the population.
The median average age in East Hertfordshire in 2019 was 42.7, with over 18s representing 80.3% of the population. The sex ratio was 96.2 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
The largest religious group in East Hertfordshire is Christians who account for 63% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 96.7% of people in East Hertfordshire, and spoken either well or very well by 3% of the remaining population. 0.3% reported having poor English language skills.
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The population of East Hertfordshire is 151,786 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in East Hertfordshire grew by an estimated people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by .
East Hertfordshire's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was , which is
East Hertfordshire covers an area of 476 square kilometres (184 square miles) and has a population density of 319 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 49.0% of East Hertfordshire's 151,786 population, while females made up 51.0% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 96.152 males to every 100 females in 2011. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 98 males to every 100 females in 2011.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of East Hertfordshire, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 121,853.
East Hertfordshire's age structure shows the working-age population to be 94,174 which is 62.0% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 19.7% of the population, and over 65s represent 18.2% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 64.5% to 58.7%.
East Hertfordshire's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in East Hertfordshire was 42.7 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 43.3 years, and the average male is 42.0 years.
Of the East Hertfordshire population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 1.9 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in East Hertfordshire is 82 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in East Hertfordshire has a life expectancy of 84 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 81 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.
The life expectancy for someone born in East Hertfordshire has risen by 2 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 80 years to a life expectancy of 82 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 80.9 | 83.9 | 82.4 |
| 01-04 | 80.0 | 83.0 | 81.5 |
| 05-09 | 76.1 | 79.1 | 77.6 |
| 10-14 | 71.1 | 74.2 | 72.7 |
| 15-19 | 66.2 | 69.2 | 67.7 |
| 20-24 | 61.3 | 64.2 | 62.8 |
| 25-29 | 56.4 | 59.3 | 57.8 |
| 30-34 | 51.5 | 54.3 | 52.9 |
| 35-39 | 46.7 | 49.5 | 48.1 |
| 40-44 | 41.9 | 44.7 | 43.3 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in East Hertfordshire is predominantly white (95.5%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 4.5% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in East Hertfordshire accounting for 1.9% of the population.
984 or 1% of the East Hertfordshire population are black according to the latest 2011 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 85.4%. 7.8% are Asian and 3.5% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
Levels of reported Anxiety in East Hertfordshire were 2.9 in 2012 and 2.9 in 2021. In the rest of England levels of Anxiety are currently 3.1.
Reported levels of Happiness in 2021 were 7.9, and 7.4 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, East Hertfordshire is the 16 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 8.0 and were 7.8 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 8.1 and was 8.0 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within East Hertfordshire is Christians, accounting for 62.7% of the population.
East Hertfordshire has a Muslim population of 989 which is 0.7% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 59% of the population is Christian, 5% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics