Borrowing estimates for Broxbourne, built from published survey rates and population figures.
68,000
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 68,000 adults in Broxbourne held at least one credit or loan product in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 86% of adults in the East of England held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 79,118 adults aged 18 and over in Broxbourne (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
54,600
Credit card holders
An estimated 54,600 adults in Broxbourne held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 69% of adults in the East of England held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 79,118 adults aged 18 and over in Broxbourne (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
16,600
Overdraft users
An estimated 16,600 adults in Broxbourne were overdrawn on a current account in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 21% of adults in the East of England were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 79,118 adults aged 18 and over in Broxbourne (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
24,500
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 24,500 adults in Broxbourne had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 31% of adults in the East of England had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 79,118 adults aged 18 and over in Broxbourne (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
15,000
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 15,000 adults in Broxbourne used buy now, pay later credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 19% of adults in the East of England used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 79,118 adults aged 18 and over in Broxbourne (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
4,590
High-cost credit users
An estimated 4,590 adults in Broxbourne held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 5.8% of adults in the East of England held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 79,118 adults aged 18 and over in Broxbourne (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
15,800
Low financial resilience
An estimated 15,800 adults in Broxbourne had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 20% of adults in the East of England had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 79,118 adults aged 18 and over in Broxbourne (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
4,750
In financial difficulty
An estimated 4,750 adults in Broxbourne were in financial difficulty in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 6% of adults in the East of England were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 79,118 adults aged 18 and over in Broxbourne (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
82,838
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Broxbourne was 82,838 at mid-2025.
Source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (Nomis NM_2002_1), mid-year estimates, Office for National Statistics, 30 June 2025
ONS mid-2025 population estimates (published 29 July 2026 for England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland as carried in the same Nomis table), local authority boundaries as of April 2023, usual residents, as returned by the Nomis 'Aged 16+' category.