Area type
Non-metropolitan District
Population Density
1,043
Population growth
0.5%
Gender ratio
0.92 male to female
english main language
93%
birth rate
11.4
death rate
11.2
Major religion
52% Christian
Urbanisation
85%
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The population of Hertsmere is 105,471 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Hertsmere's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.5% per year. Hertsmere covers an area of 101 square kilometres (39 square miles) and has a population density of 1,043 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Hertsmere is predominantly white (85%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 15% of the population.
The median average age in Hertsmere in 2019 was 40.8, with over 18s representing 78.6% of the population. The sex ratio was 92.1 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2011, the urban population of Hertsmere was approximately 85,007 or 85%, while the rural population was around 15,024 or 15%.
The largest religious group in Hertsmere is Christians who account for 52% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 92.5% of people in Hertsmere, and spoken either well or very well by 6% of the remaining population. 0.9% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.1% spoke no English at all.
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The population of Hertsmere is 105,471 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Hertsmere grew by an estimated 552 people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by 5,092.
Hertsmere's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.5%, which is 0.0% lower than the average population growth rate in Hertsmere for the ten years before mid-2020 (0.6%).
Hertsmere covers an area of 101 square kilometres (39 square miles) and has a population density of 1,043 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 50 people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 47.9% of Hertsmere's 105,471 population, while females made up 52.1% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 92.054 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 Hertsmere, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 82,921.
Hertsmere's age structure shows the working-age population to be 63,569 which is 60.3% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 21.4% of the population, and over 65s represent 18.3% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 63.4% to 60.3%.
Hertsmere's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Hertsmere was 40.8 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 41.9 years, and the average male is 39.7 years.
Of the Hertsmere population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.1 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Hertsmere is 82 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Hertsmere has a life expectancy of 83 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 Hertsmere has risen by 3 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 79 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 | 80.5 | 83.4 | 82.0 |
| 01-04 | 79.8 | 82.7 | 81.3 |
| 05-09 | 75.8 | 78.7 | 77.3 |
| 10-14 | 70.9 | 73.7 | 72.3 |
| 15-19 | 65.9 | 68.7 | 67.3 |
| 20-24 | 61.0 | 63.8 | 62.4 |
| 25-29 | 56.1 | 58.9 | 57.5 |
| 30-34 | 51.2 | 53.9 | 52.6 |
| 35-39 | 46.4 | 49.1 | 47.8 |
| 40-44 | 41.6 | 44.1 | 42.9 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Hertsmere is predominantly white (85.0%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 15.0% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in Hertsmere accounting for 7.4% of the population.
3,927 or 4% of the Hertsmere 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 Hertsmere were 3.2 in 2012 and 3.1 in 2021. In the rest of England levels of Anxiety are currently 3.1.
Reported levels of Happiness in 2021 were 7.5, and 7.5 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, Hertsmere is the 170 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 7.7 and were 7.7 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 8.0 and was 8.0 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within Hertsmere is Christians, accounting for 51.7% of the population.
Hertsmere has a Muslim population of 2,402 which is 2.3% 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