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Administrative Areas

Ward
Sopwell
Local Authority
St Albans
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
St Albans
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
123
Population
321
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚AL1 2AS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
57
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
321
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
249
Single
67
Married
148
Separated
5
Divorced
22
Widowed
7

Health

Population
321
Very good
175
Good
113
Fair
28
Bad
3
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
249
England❚AL1 2AS❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
143
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
321
White British
271
White Irish
6
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
5
Asian Bangladeshi
10
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1
Black African
2
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
321
England
273
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
5
Wales
4
Ireland
4
France
1
Portugal
3
Spain
1
Poland
2
Romania
2
Nigeria
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
1
China
1
Bangladesh
6
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
321
Christian
188
Buddhist
2
Jewish
1
Muslim
13
No religion
87
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
169
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
14
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
35
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
26
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚AL1 2AS❚
Full-Time employee
107
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
30
Unemployed
3
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
123
Detached
17
Semi detached
65
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
26
Two people
45
Three people
20
Four people
22
Five people
9
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

AL1 2DF AL1 2ED AL1 2JB AL1 2JA AL1 2EN AL1 2BS AL1 2BP AL1 2BU AL1 2BD AL1 2DP AL1 2AT AL1 2BQ AL1 2BJ AL1 2BG AL1 2BT AL1 2BH AL1 2ER AL1 2EW AL1 2BW AL1 2ES AL1 2BN AL1 2BL AL1 1SE AL1 1ST AL1 1SF AL1 1SG AL1 1RZ AL1 1SH AL1 1SQ

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019