Dacorum, in numbers

Average home prices reached £459,000 in Dacorum.

Dacorum local authority area. July 2026. Every figure carries its own date.

Dacorum is exploring joined-up health services while managing practical housing repairs and shared spaces. Hemel’s proposed health campus is still an options exercise. At St Margarets Way, installed charging equipment sits alongside unresolved play-space proposals and drainage-maintenance questions.

The short version

Average home price over time

August 1996 to July 2026

Dacorum local authority area · Cash prices, before allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: January 1995 to July 2026. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.

From To

Shown on this chart: £74,998 in August 1996; £459,235 in July 2026. 512.3% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Full history context

Average home prices rose from £70,000 to £459,000 between January 1995 and July 2026.

July 2025 to July 2026: £13,000 more per home (3% higher).

Cash prices, before allowing for inflation. Changes do not show affordability without local earnings and household circumstances.

Data table and workings

Published UK House Price Index average price, all property types and all buyers, not seasonally adjusted. Entire series comes from the 2026-07 official full-file release, preserving its historical revisions and exact area codes. It is a mix-adjusted average, not the median price paid.

Prices are in pounds at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

Whole local authority area; not a typical home listing or the budget needed by a first-time buyer.

Provisional estimates can be revised. Historical boundaries follow the exact published source code; no old-code series has been relabelled.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Average home price over time — Dacorum local authority area: full reviewed history
Period	£
January 1995	70,474
February 1995	70,520
March 1995	70,798
April 1995	70,596
May 1995	71,357
June 1995	70,916
July 1995	71,365
August 1995	71,520
September 1995	72,474
October 1995	72,839
November 1995	72,487
December 1995	72,935
January 1996	72,575
February 1996	73,043
March 1996	72,237
April 1996	73,647
May 1996	73,410
June 1996	74,128
July 1996	73,677
August 1996	74,998
September 1996	76,066
October 1996	76,035
November 1996	75,788
December 1996	76,757
January 1997	77,774
February 1997	79,653
March 1997	78,998
April 1997	79,514
May 1997	79,741
June 1997	82,141
July 1997	85,347
August 1997	87,163
September 1997	88,126
October 1997	88,411
November 1997	89,868
December 1997	91,834
January 1998	93,207
February 1998	93,650
March 1998	92,565
April 1998	93,844
May 1998	94,965
June 1998	97,367
July 1998	98,148
August 1998	99,827
September 1998	100,644
October 1998	101,311
November 1998	100,978
December 1998	101,343
January 1999	101,172
February 1999	102,404
March 1999	103,242
April 1999	104,622
May 1999	104,952
June 1999	105,333
July 1999	105,791
August 1999	107,107
September 1999	110,323
October 1999	114,482
November 1999	116,465
December 1999	116,700
January 2000	117,330
February 2000	119,067
March 2000	121,540
April 2000	125,838
May 2000	129,827
June 2000	134,778
July 2000	134,336
August 2000	135,389
September 2000	135,714
October 2000	137,138
November 2000	137,405
December 2000	137,384
January 2001	137,251
February 2001	137,984
March 2001	139,889
April 2001	142,330
May 2001	143,706
June 2001	144,548
July 2001	147,372
August 2001	150,663
September 2001	151,743
October 2001	150,458
November 2001	149,170
December 2001	148,790
January 2002	149,496
February 2002	149,918
March 2002	152,535
April 2002	154,399
May 2002	158,449
June 2002	161,599
July 2002	164,745
August 2002	169,401
September 2002	173,071
October 2002	180,271
November 2002	183,306
December 2002	188,071
January 2003	190,186
February 2003	190,500
March 2003	193,606
April 2003	193,097
May 2003	197,448
June 2003	197,359
July 2003	201,711
August 2003	202,337
September 2003	200,412
October 2003	199,143
November 2003	194,438
December 2003	195,122
January 2004	195,545
February 2004	200,547
March 2004	203,108
April 2004	204,678
May 2004	206,595
June 2004	209,028
July 2004	209,464
August 2004	211,265
September 2004	213,052
October 2004	215,433
November 2004	218,242
December 2004	217,032
January 2005	216,901
February 2005	214,684
March 2005	214,302
April 2005	212,259
May 2005	211,327
June 2005	211,528
July 2005	213,840
August 2005	215,883
September 2005	217,535
October 2005	219,908
November 2005	216,824
December 2005	214,836
January 2006	213,141
February 2006	215,692
March 2006	217,726
April 2006	219,978
May 2006	221,248
June 2006	224,629
July 2006	226,701
August 2006	228,340
September 2006	229,995
October 2006	231,116
November 2006	234,608
December 2006	236,344
January 2007	237,646
February 2007	238,096
March 2007	238,415
April 2007	240,578
May 2007	243,551
June 2007	247,043
July 2007	250,089
August 2007	254,666
September 2007	259,546
October 2007	261,274
November 2007	261,811
December 2007	264,386
January 2008	263,882
February 2008	264,298
March 2008	261,555
April 2008	261,929
May 2008	260,432
June 2008	256,294
July 2008	253,899
August 2008	249,736
September 2008	243,181
October 2008	236,860
November 2008	227,661
December 2008	224,773
January 2009	223,515
February 2009	223,683
March 2009	221,458
April 2009	221,457
May 2009	222,647
June 2009	221,398
July 2009	221,357
August 2009	221,704
September 2009	226,530
October 2009	226,925
November 2009	231,576
December 2009	233,275
January 2010	237,777
February 2010	236,345
March 2010	237,110
April 2010	237,530
May 2010	243,077
June 2010	249,551
July 2010	255,124
August 2010	254,876
September 2010	253,936
October 2010	249,418
November 2010	251,983
December 2010	249,483
January 2011	248,140
February 2011	245,626
March 2011	249,982
April 2011	248,224
May 2011	246,624
June 2011	239,981
July 2011	244,678
August 2011	247,320
September 2011	251,473
October 2011	249,200
November 2011	248,124
December 2011	248,219
January 2012	250,669
February 2012	250,327
March 2012	250,707
April 2012	252,291
May 2012	255,500
June 2012	255,320
July 2012	256,107
August 2012	257,027
September 2012	257,993
October 2012	255,974
November 2012	255,094
December 2012	255,809
January 2013	256,991
February 2013	254,984
March 2013	255,323
April 2013	255,763
May 2013	258,740
June 2013	260,777
July 2013	261,750
August 2013	260,465
September 2013	262,598
October 2013	265,161
November 2013	268,707
December 2013	270,135
January 2014	275,370
February 2014	276,511
March 2014	277,182
April 2014	274,550
May 2014	278,391
June 2014	286,760
July 2014	294,387
August 2014	301,548
September 2014	302,207
October 2014	304,078
November 2014	303,450
December 2014	303,827
January 2015	305,355
February 2015	308,180
March 2015	309,236
April 2015	313,293
May 2015	314,073
June 2015	319,941
July 2015	324,565
August 2015	329,417
September 2015	333,804
October 2015	341,395
November 2015	349,035
December 2015	355,841
January 2016	356,597
February 2016	361,969
March 2016	364,821
April 2016	360,677
May 2016	363,756
June 2016	366,722
July 2016	374,858
August 2016	372,307
September 2016	372,273
October 2016	377,950
November 2016	381,223
December 2016	380,424
January 2017	379,730
February 2017	379,739
March 2017	384,341
April 2017	386,174
May 2017	387,322
June 2017	387,740
July 2017	387,786
August 2017	390,205
September 2017	387,837
October 2017	388,608
November 2017	387,352
December 2017	388,859
January 2018	385,861
February 2018	382,297
March 2018	382,571
April 2018	382,628
May 2018	389,741
June 2018	387,813
July 2018	388,019
August 2018	387,206
September 2018	389,961
October 2018	394,336
November 2018	392,878
December 2018	392,446
January 2019	384,806
February 2019	379,804
March 2019	377,775
April 2019	378,015
May 2019	377,584
June 2019	375,980
July 2019	378,715
August 2019	381,996
September 2019	385,324
October 2019	386,122
November 2019	388,053
December 2019	386,047
January 2020	384,567
February 2020	387,055
March 2020	386,596
April 2020	384,954
May 2020	377,979
June 2020	382,815
July 2020	385,178
August 2020	392,205
September 2020	392,508
October 2020	397,325
November 2020	399,945
December 2020	405,986
January 2021	406,881
February 2021	407,987
March 2021	405,067
April 2021	402,750
May 2021	402,158
June 2021	408,592
July 2021	411,284
August 2021	415,623
September 2021	414,976
October 2021	420,696
November 2021	422,928
December 2021	423,266
January 2022	420,066
February 2022	418,915
March 2022	418,428
April 2022	422,963
May 2022	428,856
June 2022	434,341
July 2022	439,403
August 2022	446,854
September 2022	450,865
October 2022	452,532
November 2022	448,738
December 2022	447,370
January 2023	448,588
February 2023	449,418
March 2023	447,958
April 2023	444,829
May 2023	439,419
June 2023	438,245
July 2023	438,878
August 2023	443,293
September 2023	443,905
October 2023	442,660
November 2023	433,855
December 2023	429,394
January 2024	427,140
February 2024	425,609
March 2024	430,059
April 2024	437,255
May 2024	444,975
June 2024	447,752
July 2024	442,083
August 2024	442,623
September 2024	443,590
October 2024	443,110
November 2024	444,761
December 2024	444,293
January 2025	452,896
February 2025	450,391
March 2025	452,443
April 2025	452,866
May 2025	454,786
June 2025	451,317
July 2025	445,874
August 2025	450,355
September 2025	455,543
October 2025	463,912
November 2025	466,563
December 2025	463,105
January 2026	459,023
February 2026	450,796
March 2026	451,483
April 2026	449,133
May 2026	458,451
June 2026	458,186
July 2026	459,235

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People living in the area

162,316

Mid-2025 · Dacorum local authority area

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Published mid-year estimate for the whole local authority area. This is not automatically the population of the named city settlement.

All usual residents

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Average home price

£459,000

July 2026 · Dacorum local authority area

Show the workings

Shown to the nearest £1,000. Published value: £459,235.

Homes in the local authority area

Source and method →

Average monthly rent

£1,594

August 2026 · Dacorum local authority area

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Official local housing data feed. House prices are provisional, not seasonally adjusted; rents use the Price Index of Private Rents. Local short-term estimates are variable. Country references use only the explicitly country-coded ctry object, never the local place object.

Homes in the local authority area

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Look beneath the average

Homes rented privately

8.2% to 26.5%

Homes rented privately ranged from 8.2% in Ashridge to 26.5% in Hemel Hempstead Town — a gap of 18.3 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 25 of 25 current wards with comparable figures.

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

See each ward and the workings

These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

Homes rented privately · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Ashridge	8.2%	89	1,084
Berkhamsted West	8.3%	214	2,570
Leverstock Green	9.4%	349	3,719
Aldbury and Wigginton	9.9%	101	1,019
Adeyfield West	10.3%	248	2,419
Bennetts End	10.6%	239	2,255
Northchurch	10.7%	140	1,312
Chaulden and Warners End	11%	415	3,782
Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield	11.3%	393	3,472
Watling	11.4%	271	2,368
Gadebridge	11.5%	262	2,285
Kings Langley	11.8%	251	2,136
Tring Central	11.9%	263	2,204
Adeyfield East	12.9%	317	2,453
Grovehill	13.8%	442	3,205
Highfield	15%	354	2,365
Tring East	15.3%	213	1,395
Tring West and Rural	15.3%	339	2,219
Nash Mills	15.6%	245	1,568
Berkhamsted East	15.7%	393	2,506
Boxmoor	17%	653	3,851
Berkhamsted Castle	18.2%	503	2,760
Apsley and Corner Hall	21.2%	936	4,413
Woodhall Farm	21.5%	601	2,797
Hemel Hempstead Town	26.5%	865	3,263

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What could respond to this pattern →

People reporting bad or very bad health

2% to 6.1%

People reporting bad or very bad health ranged from 2% in Tring East to 6.1% in Highfield — a gap of 4.1 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 25 of 25 current wards with comparable figures.

Residents described their own health. Differences in age matter, so this is a prompt to investigate needs, not a score for local health services.

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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

People reporting bad or very bad health · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Tring East	2%	69	3,416
Berkhamsted East	2.7%	166	6,139
Berkhamsted Castle	2.8%	171	6,108
Aldbury and Wigginton	2.9%	69	2,407
Berkhamsted West	2.9%	190	6,537
Ashridge	3%	81	2,696
Watling	3%	176	5,801
Boxmoor	3.2%	276	8,741
Woodhall Farm	3.3%	232	7,022
Tring West and Rural	3.3%	171	5,175
Tring Central	3.4%	185	5,384
Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield	3.6%	342	9,497
Nash Mills	3.7%	141	3,782
Kings Langley	3.8%	199	5,288
Apsley and Corner Hall	3.9%	399	10,307
Leverstock Green	4.1%	397	9,712
Bennetts End	4.2%	255	6,031
Chaulden and Warners End	4.4%	410	9,285
Northchurch	4.4%	126	2,837
Hemel Hempstead Town	4.5%	324	7,190
Gadebridge	4.6%	266	5,801
Adeyfield East	4.8%	290	6,075
Adeyfield West	4.9%	295	5,960
Grovehill	5.6%	449	8,006
Highfield	6.1%	358	5,887

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What could respond to this pattern →

People aged 65 or over

10.3% to 27.9%

People aged 65 or over ranged from 10.3% in Woodhall Farm to 27.9% in Northchurch — a gap of 17.6 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 25 of 25 current wards with comparable figures.

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

People aged 65 or over · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Woodhall Farm	10.3%	722	7,022
Apsley and Corner Hall	12.3%	1,269	10,307
Hemel Hempstead Town	12.3%	887	7,190
Gadebridge	14%	814	5,801
Bennetts End	14.5%	872	6,032
Nash Mills	14.8%	559	3,782
Adeyfield East	15.4%	937	6,078
Adeyfield West	16%	952	5,964
Highfield	16.1%	948	5,883
Chaulden and Warners End	16.6%	1,537	9,285
Berkhamsted East	16.9%	1,037	6,139
Grovehill	17.2%	1,375	8,006
Boxmoor	17.9%	1,561	8,741
Berkhamsted West	18%	1,174	6,535
Watling	18.2%	1,053	5,800
Tring Central	18.4%	989	5,384
Leverstock Green	18.9%	1,832	9,712
Tring West and Rural	20.6%	1,067	5,179
Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield	21.2%	2,009	9,497
Kings Langley	21.5%	1,138	5,287
Berkhamsted Castle	22.6%	1,378	6,107
Tring East	22.7%	775	3,417
Aldbury and Wigginton	22.9%	550	2,406
Ashridge	27.1%	730	2,694
Northchurch	27.9%	792	2,838

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What could respond to this pattern →

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What could change things?

The action plan connects local evidence to proposed next steps. Announced projects and proposed responses are shown separately.

strength

Keep installed charging usable

St Margarets Way has tenant charging points.

Shared equipment needs clear access and maintenance.

Evidence

What could help →

weakness

Make the roof-repair status clear

Gravel Lane’s page still gives forecast dates.

Residents need actual progress and contact routes.

Evidence

What could help →

opportunity

Design care around patients’ journeys

The campus options would bring several services together.

Fewer separate trips could help some patients.

Evidence

What could help →

Read the action plan →

Local work to follow

Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Health Campus options

The council and health partners are assessing how services could be brought together, including a possible Market Square facility.

Options and initial business case in progress · evidence dated 2026-09-23

Responsible body: Dacorum Borough Council and local NHS partners

What the source says: No final building, funding package or opening date is established.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

Hemel Health Campus →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Design care around patients’ journeys →

Target support where disadvantages overlap →

How to track delivery →

St Margarets Way and Tewin Road, Hemel Hempstead

St Margarets Way shared facilities

Tenant charging points are installed; revised play equipment is proposed at nearby Tewin Road.

Charging installed; playground amendment submitted · source does not state a status date

Responsible body: Dacorum Borough Council

What the source says: The page also identifies drainage-maintenance and safety concerns. Older handover dates are not proof work finished.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

St Margarets Way community update →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Keep installed charging usable →

Resolve drainage and play-space concerns together →

Target support where disadvantages overlap →

How to track delivery →

Gravel Lane and Gravel Path, Hemel Hempstead

Gravel Lane and Gravel Path roof repairs

A planned works programme covers roof replacement and essential repairs.

Published works programme; completion unverified · evidence dated 2026-01-20

Responsible body: Dacorum Borough Council

What the source says: The page lists a 2025 timetable but does not confirm completion.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

Gravel Lane planned works →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Make the roof-repair status clear →

Make room for homes people can afford →

Target support where disadvantages overlap →

How to track delivery →

All reviewed projects →

What this local evidence covers

25 of 25 wards

Have at least one valid census comparison with the whole council. Missing measures stay visible.

Read the neighbourhood evidence →

3 reviewed plans and projects

2 have a source-dated stage; 0 have some funding evidence; 0 have some cost evidence. These counts do not prove that funding or costs are complete.

Check each project →

0 verified ward links

Project locations cannot be treated as a map of who benefits. Each record explains any verified ward association.

Read the sources and limits →

What is still missing

The reviewed local schemes are a selected evidence collection, not a complete council capital programme.

Current service capacity, incomes, waiting lists, school demand and project outcomes need additional verified local evidence before firm claims can be made.

Selected council projects and issues, not a complete council programme. Delivery stages describe the dated source; elapsed planned dates do not prove completion.

Action steps are UK Facts proposals for scrutiny and delivery, not council commitments, funded promises or deadlines.

Project locations do not establish ward-wide impact. Missing cost or funding means unverified, not zero.

A direct council area and its member districts must not be added together. County wards are district wards, not county electoral divisions.

Sources and calculations are traceable, but this is not independent AQuA Book assurance or certification.