Radlett is lived in by settled, well-off households who bought a house and kept it. Three in four own their homes. The typical resident is in their mid-forties. More than half have a degree. Hardly anyone here is a student.
Tenure first. About 77% of Radlett's households own their home, about 15% rent privately and about 8% rent from a council or housing association. Every figure on this page comes from the 2021 Census unless it says otherwise. In a town where most people own, the private rented homes are a small pool, and the people renting them are often waiting to buy one of the houses next door.
The typical Radlett resident is 45, and only about 21% of people are aged 25 to 44. The young adults who would bring that average down are mostly saving for a deposit somewhere cheaper, and some of them will be back once they've sold that first flat.
The Office for National Statistics models gross household income across Radlett, before tax, at about £79,000 for the financial year to March 2023. It's a modelled average across the area, so it won't match any particular household. Before tax and three years ago are the two conditions under which every income looks its best.
Couples with dependent children make up about 25% of Radlett's households. About 8% are lone parents with children.
About 23% of households are one person living alone, and within that group about 12% of all households are a single pensioner living alone. That puts the families moving into bigger houses alongside the people who stayed on after their children left. Those two groups are the town's housing market, one buying in and the other eventually selling up.
About 53% of Radlett's adults hold a degree-level qualification, about 10% have no formal qualifications and only about 1% are full-time students. The town has no university and no secondary school, so its graduates arrive already qualified.
The people who live in Radlett are one of the town's real strengths: stable, comfortable and committed to the place. Most bought in and intend to stay.