Living in Hereford

Hereford's population was 60,480 at the end of 2021. The regional median gross salary reached €2,881 per month at the end of 2024. The city faced an unemployment rate of 3% at the end of 2023.

Last checked 2026-09-2418 sources

Population60,480people31 Dec 2021Official source · Office for National Statistics

Median gross salary (region)2,881EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Average rent959EUR/month31 Aug 2026District figureOfficial source · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price

Unemployment rate3%31 Dec 2023Regional figureOfficial source · Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Recorded crime5,035incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)

PM2.5, annual mean5.38µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · uk-air.defra.gov.uk

Lower unemployment than 73% of United Kingdom cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 95% of United Kingdom cities that publish it.

Which United Kingdom-wide rules apply when you move to Hereford?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United KingdomNational rates and thresholds that apply in Hereford.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Hereford. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€24

Mobile plan, 10 GB€13

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.02 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	BT Full Fibre 150¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.87 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Three 100GB one-month data pack¹³Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	959 EUR/month	31 Aug 2026	ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price⁹Official · county

Is Hereford a good place to live?

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Remote worker49%strong on work, weak on safety · range 38–60%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–71%

Student43%strong on education, weak on work · range 33–53%

Family64%strong on family, weak on cost · range 53–75%

Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 39–67%

Work and income

Employment rates for Hereford measured 61% at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, 30,175 comprised the workforce in Hereford.

Unemployment across cities in United KingdomUnemployment in Hereford is 3.0%. Of 999 cities with data, 652 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Hereford 3.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Employment rate	61 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,881 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁵Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3 %	31 Dec 2023	Office for National Statistics (ONS)⁶Official · regional context

What does a salary buy in Hereford?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,420of €2,416 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
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Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,416
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price · 2026-08-31	− €959
Internet€24 · official · BT Full Fibre 150 · 2026-09-30	− €24
Mobile plan€13 · official · Three 100GB one-month data pack · 2026-09-30	− €13
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,420

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Hereford Salary needed to live in Hereford

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hereford. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Hereford. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Primary schools	42 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official
Schools	65 count	3 Aug 2026	Department for Education (GIAS)²Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 5 to 16, and public school is free.

A country-wide rule for United Kingdom; Hereford's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: legislation.gov.uk · 1996–2026.

Safety

How safe is Hereford?

Police recorded about 5,035 incidents per 100,000 (2025-26). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹²

Recorded crime across major citiesHereford highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Manchester14,267

Bristol13,099

Liverpool12,409

Leeds11,462

Birmingham11,416

Leicester11,001

Sheffield9,693

Cardiff9,379

Belfast9,156

Coventry8,836

Glasgow757

Edinburgh549

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,035 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3)¹²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Hereford's nearest airport was BRS, 75 km away and offered 73 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	73 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	75 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BRS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 4.5°C in January to 16.4°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Hereford?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 5.38 µg/m³ · uk-air.defra.gov.uk¹⁴

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.4WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United KingdomAnnual PM2.5 in Hereford is 5.4 µg/m³. Of 941 cities with data, 487 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Hereford 5.4

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.38 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	uk-air.defra.gov.uk¹⁴Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Average daytime high by month	Jan 7.6 · Feb 8.2 · Mar 10.6 · Apr 13.5 · May 16.7 · Jun 19.6 · Jul 21.7 · Aug 21.3 · Sep 18.6 · Oct 14.4 · Nov 10.5 · Dec 7.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.3 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 2.5 · Apr 4.1 · May 6.7 · Jun 9.4 · Jul 11.1 · Aug 11 · Sep 8.9 · Oct 6.6 · Nov 3.5 · Dec 1.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.5 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 8.8 · May 11.7 · Jun 14.5 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 10.5 · Nov 7 · Dec 4.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 77.2 · Feb 60.1 · Mar 55.5 · Apr 58.6 · May 56.4 · Jun 58.3 · Jul 55.6 · Aug 64.2 · Sep 58.8 · Oct 84.5 · Nov 81.9 · Dec 86.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United Kingdom: Swindon ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±1.0 °C, Eutin (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Heide (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Meldorf (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Hereford had a median age of 40 years at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Hereford?

The published population was 60,480 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	60,480 people	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics⁴Official

International community in Hereford

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Usual residents living in the individual ONS Built-up Area on Census Day 21 March 2021 · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Europe: United Kingdom	52,780	87.3%
Europe: EU countries	5,240	8.7%
Non-EU countries (including British Overseas)	2,460	4.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	27.9 %	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics³Official
Workers aged 16 and over	30,175 workers	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics³Official
Median age	40 years	31 Dec 2021	Office for National Statistics³Official
Universities	0 count	3 Aug 2026	Office for Students⁷Official

Alternatives for people set on Hereford

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Farnborough as a Hereford alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 160 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Median gross pay, region: €4,028 Farnborough vs €2,881 Hereford+40%
Unemployment: 2.4% Farnborough vs 3.0% Hereford−20%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,817 Farnborough vs 5,035 Hereford+16%
Residents: 60,655 Farnborough vs 60,480 Hereford+0%

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Alternative cities in United Kingdom

Other cities in United Kingdom to compare with Hereford, nearest in population first.

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Tynemouth60,605 residents Farnborough60,655 residents Halesowen60,110 residents Widnes59,935 residents Huyton59,845 residents Scarborough59,505 residents

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Common questions

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How many people live in Hereford?

The published population was 60,480 people in 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Is the air quality good in Hereford?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: uk-air.defra.gov.uk.

How safe is Hereford?

What is the typical salary around Hereford?

The median gross salary is 2,881 EUR/month. Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Is Hereford a good place to live?

Hereford may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Europe: United Kingdom live in Hereford?

The official country of birth distribution records 52,780 people (87.3%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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BT Full Fibre 150 bt.com · checked 2026-09-15
Department for Education (GIAS) get-information-schools.service.gov.uk · checked 2026-08-03
Office for National Statistics ons.gov.uk · checked 2026-08-07
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Office for National Statistics (ONS) ons.gov.uk · checked 2026-08-06
Office for National Statistics (ONS) ons.gov.uk · checked 2026-08-06
Office for Students officeforstudents.org.uk · checked 2026-08-03
ONS Census 2021 BUA row and ONS/OS BUA 2022 geometry for Abbots Langley and Kings Langley ons.gov.uk · checked 2026-07-06
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, Table 1, Rental price ons.gov.uk · checked 2026-09-24
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OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Police force area tables, year ending March 2026 (Table C4 or P3) ons.gov.uk · checked 2026-09-24
Three 100GB one-month data pack three.co.uk · checked 2026-09-15
uk-air.defra.gov.uk uk-air.defra.gov.uk · checked 2026-08-26
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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