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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
129
Population
322
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚AL1 2EF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
254
Single
95
Married
118
Separated
5
Divorced
21
Widowed
15

Health

Population
322
Very good
146
Good
120
Fair
42
Bad
11
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
254
England❚AL1 2EF❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
96
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
217
White Irish
10
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
6
Asian Bangladeshi
36
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
10
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
3
Arab
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
259
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
9
Germany
1
Italy
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
5
Hong Kong
3
Bangladesh
12
India
1
Sri Lanka
8
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
1

Religion

Population
322
Christian
170
Buddhist
1
Hindu
7
Jewish
3
Muslim
41
Sikh
3
Other
1
No religion
77
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
159
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
18
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
20
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚AL1 2EF❚
Full-Time employee
100
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
26
Unemployed
12
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
17
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
48
Rented - council
28
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
3
Detached
6
Semi detached
59
Terraced
49
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
40
Two people
40
Three people
17
Four people
18
Five people
7
Six people
5
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

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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