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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
126
Population
294
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚AL1 2BU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
47
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
294
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
33%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
238
Single
77
Married
125
Separated
1
Divorced
20
Widowed
15

Health

Population
294
Very good
155
Good
104
Fair
24
Bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
238
England❚AL1 2BU❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
125
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
294
White British
235
White Irish
5
White Other
24
Mixed Asian
6
Asian Indian
3
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
7
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
294
England
235
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
5
Ireland
4
France
3
Germany
2
Italy
3
Portugal
1
Poland
2
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
4
India
1
USA
3
North America - Other
2
South America
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
2

Religion

Population
294
Christian
164
Buddhist
3
Jewish
1
Muslim
12
Other
2
No religion
83
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
171
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
16
Financial and insurance
11
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
31
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
226
England❚AL1 2BU❚
Full-Time employee
114
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
27
Unemployed
8
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
20

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
126
Detached
1
Semi detached
50
Terraced
68
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
30
Two people
53
Three people
21
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

AL1 2DF AL1 2ED AL1 2JB AL1 2JA AL1 2EN AL1 2BS AL1 2AZ AL1 2BE AL1 2DP AL1 2AT AL1 2BA AL1 2AU AL1 2BB AL1 1HH AL1 2AS AL1 2BY AL1 2ER AL1 2EW AL1 2ES 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