13,627
Households
White Brit. · 78%
Ethnicity
Christian · 49%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
£688,333
Median property price
955
Postcodes
Sold prices in AL3
England & WalesProperty sales · AL3
HM Land Registry · AL3
Average price
£701,958
YoY: -1.0%
Median price: £693,917
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Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 11 sales · avg £687,072
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£847k£721k£595k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
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Overview of AL3
Coordinates51.7805, -0.3777
Postcodes
955
Population (Census)
35,568
Households (Census)
13,627
Demographics in AL3
Ethnicity
White Brit.77.9%
Other White6.6%
Indian1.9%
White Irish1.8%
Bangladeshi1.7%
+ 3 other groups · 10.1%
Religion
Christian48.8%
No religion38.0%
Not answered6.1%
Muslim3.8%
Hindu1.3%
+ other · 2.0%
Age groups
35–4918.8%
75–8418.7%
50–6416.7%
25–349.1%
65–748.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.6%
Households
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children23.1%
Other13.7%
Any member 66+12.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.4%
All members 66+10.2%
+ 7 other households · 30.2%
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for AL3
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.92 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 7.92 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Wards in AL3
Harpenden North & Rural
IMD 10.002 postcodes
Harpenden South
IMD 10.001 postcodes
Hill End
IMD 10.002 postcodes
Verulam
IMD 9.42194 postcodes
Bernards Heath
IMD 8.9997 postcodes
Sandridge & Wheathampstead
IMD 7.605 postcodes
Redbourn
IMD 7.54207 postcodes
St Peters
IMD 7.2774 postcodes
Watling
IMD 7.23191 postcodes
Batchwood
IMD 7.13181 postcodes
Caddington
IMD 5.001 postcodes
Postcodes in AL3
AL3 4AAAL3 4ABAL3 4ADAL3 4AEAL3 4AFAL3 4AHAL3 4AJAL3 4ALAL3 4APAL3 4ARAL3 4ASAL3 4ATAL3 4AUAL3 4AWAL3 4AYAL3 4AZAL3 4BAAL3 4BBAL3 4BDAL3 4BGAL3 4BHAL3 4BJAL3 4BLAL3 4BNAL3 4BQAL3 4BYAL3 4BZAL3 4DAAL3 4DDAL3 4DEAL3 4DGAL3 4DHAL3 4DJAL3 4DLAL3 4DNAL3 4DPAL3 4DQAL3 4DRAL3 4DWAL3 4EAAL3 4EBAL3 4EDAL3 4EHAL3 4ELAL3 4EPAL3 4ERAL3 4ESAL3 4ETAL3 4EWAL3 4EZAL3 4FBAL3 4FDAL3 4GBAL3 4GDAL3 4GEAL3 4GFAL3 4GGAL3 4GHAL3 4GJAL3 4GLAL3 4GNAL3 4HAAL3 4HBAL3 4HDAL3 4HEAL3 4HGAL3 4HHAL3 4HJAL3 4HLAL3 4HNAL3 4HRAL3 4HWAL3 4HXAL3 4HYAL3 4HZAL3 4JAAL3 4JBAL3 4JDAL3 4JEAL3 4JFAL3 4JGAL3 4JHAL3 4JJAL3 4JLAL3 4JNAL3 4JPAL3 4JQAL3 4JRAL3 4JSAL3 4JTAL3 4JUAL3 4JWAL3 4JXAL3 4JYAL3 4JZAL3 4LAAL3 4LDAL3 4LPAL3 4LRAL3 4LSAL3 4LTAL3 4LUAL3 4LWAL3 4LXAL3 4LYAL3 4LZAL3 4NAAL3 4NBAL3 4NDAL3 4NEAL3 4NFAL3 4NGAL3 4NHAL3 4NJAL3 4NQAL3 4NRAL3 4PAAL3 4PEAL3 4PFAL3 4PH