Gadebridge & Old Town
Dacorum 010 · 3 sub-areas · 5,647 residents
Dacorum 010 is a residential pocket of Dacorum, home to around 5,600 people with a notably high rate of owner-occupation and strong green space access. A typical two-bedroom home lets for around £1,360 a month — slightly above the national median for a 2-bed, but reflecting Dacorum's position as commuter country within reach of London.
Gadebridge & Old Town is a mid-density neighbourhood of Dacorum in the East of England region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services.
Overview
What's it like to live in Gadebridge & Old Town?
The area is unusually green for its density — 5 parks and 1 playgrounds sit within five minutes' walk of the centroid; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,577 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 3 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Gadebridge & Old Town in Dacorum
Living in Gadebridge & Old Town
Dacorum 010 sits firmly in commuter-belt Hertfordshire — the kind of area where more than half of residents own their home, the nearest green space is under 200 metres away, and the working day for most people ends with a journey out rather than a walk around the corner. It's a settled, largely residential patch, and that shows in the demographics: a spread of age groups with no single cohort dominating, and a majority British-born population of around 86%.
Rents here are moderate by South East standards. A one-bedroom property runs around £1,090 a month, a two-bed around £1,360, and a three-bed around £1,635. Those figures sit above the national 2-bed median of roughly £1,200, which tells you this is still Home Counties pricing — but you're well clear of the eye-watering rents closer to the M25. The trade-off is that rents have climbed about 3.8% in the past year, which is real pressure if your salary hasn't moved.
Who lives here? It's a genuinely mixed picture — about one in five households has children, around a third are single-person, and roughly 24% are in social housing, which is a meaningful share for a commuter-belt area. Around 60% of homes are owner-occupied. The degree-qualified share sits at 31%, solid but not dramatically above average.
Practically speaking, the nearest rail station is about 2.6 km away — roughly a 32-minute walk, so most residents drive to it, which matches the data: over half commute by car, and only about 4% use public transport for their daily journey. Working from home is genuinely common here, with nearly 34% of residents doing so regularly. See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on specific parts of Dacorum 010.
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Frequently asked
- Is Dacorum 010 a nice place to live?
- It's a settled, owner-occupied commuter-belt area with excellent broadband and green space on the doorstep — nearly 96% of residents are within easy walking distance of green space. The crime rate is above the national average, so it's worth checking specific streets, but the overall character is quiet and residential rather than urban.
- What is the rent in Dacorum 010?
- A one-bedroom property runs around £1,090 a month, a two-bed around £1,360, and a three-bed around £1,635. These are estimates scaled from council-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose roughly 3.8% in the past year.
- Is Dacorum 010 safe?
- The recorded crime rate is around 117 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, which is above the UK national rate of roughly 80. It's worth checking Police.uk for street-level detail before choosing a specific road, as headline rates in commuter areas can be skewed by town-centre and through-traffic incidents.
- What's the commute from Dacorum 010 to London?
- The public-transport journey to London takes around 58 minutes. The nearest rail station is about 2.6 km away — most residents drive to it, as only about 4% commute by public transport. Over half the working population commutes by car.
- Who lives in Dacorum 010?
- A broad mix — around 60% owner-occupied, 24% social housing, and 16% private renters. Age groups are unusually evenly spread, with roughly 20–22% in each band from under-18 to 50–64. About a third of households are single-person, and one in five has children.
- What schools are near Dacorum 010?
- There are 53 schools within 2 km of typical residents, but only around 31% are rated Good or Outstanding — well below the national average. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is roughly 8.8 km away. Checking individual Ofsted reports for your nearest options is advisable.
- What's the council tax in Dacorum 010?
- Council tax at Band D is around £2,409 a year — roughly £200 a month. That's a meaningful addition on top of rent, particularly given that the area's rents are already above the national median.