Borrowing estimates for Hart, built from published survey rates and population figures.
72,400
Credit or loan holders
An estimated 72,400 adults in Hart 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: 89% of adults in the South East held at least one credit or loan product (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 81,394 adults aged 18 and over in Hart (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
59,400
Credit card holders
An estimated 59,400 adults in Hart held a credit card in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 73% of adults in the South East held a credit card (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 81,394 adults aged 18 and over in Hart (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
17,100
Overdraft users
An estimated 17,100 adults in Hart 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 South East were overdrawn on a current account (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 81,394 adults aged 18 and over in Hart (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
23,600
Residential mortgage holders
An estimated 23,600 adults in Hart had a residential mortgage in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 29% of adults in the South East had a residential mortgage (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 81,394 adults aged 18 and over in Hart (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
14,700
Buy now, pay later users
An estimated 14,700 adults in Hart 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: 18% of adults in the South East used buy now, pay later credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 81,394 adults aged 18 and over in Hart (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
4,560
High-cost credit users
An estimated 4,560 adults in Hart held high-cost credit in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 5.6% of adults in the South East held high-cost credit (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 81,394 adults aged 18 and over in Hart (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
17,100
Low financial resilience
An estimated 17,100 adults in Hart had low financial resilience in 2024.
Source: Estimate from FCA Financial Lives 2024 and ONS mid-2024 population estimates, Borrowing Data, 2024
Estimate: 21% of adults in the South East had low financial resilience (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 81,394 adults aged 18 and over in Hart (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
4,880
In financial difficulty
An estimated 4,880 adults in Hart 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 South East were in financial difficulty (FCA Financial Lives 2024, adults aged 18 and over) applied to 81,394 adults aged 18 and over in Hart (ONS mid-2024 population estimates, single-year ages summed).
84,362
Residents aged 16 and over
The estimated population aged 16 and over in Hart was 84,362 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.