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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
112
Population
299
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
75
England❚AL1 2HD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
244
Single
92
Married
107
Separated
6
Divorced
20
Widowed
19

Health

Population
299
Very good
118
Good
109
Fair
56
Bad
14
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
244
England❚AL1 2HD❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
34
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
203
White Irish
6
White Other
14
Mixed Black Caribbean
11
Mixed Black African
5
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Pakistani
13
Asian Bangladeshi
28
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
3
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
241
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Italy
1
Spain
1
Poland
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
3
Middle East
3
Bangladesh
12
India
1
Pakistan
8
Philippines
2
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2

Religion

Population
299
Christian
147
Jewish
4
Muslim
37
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
92
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
150
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
22
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
218
England❚AL1 2HD❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
17
Unemployed
8
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
112
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
30
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
57
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
113
Occupied
112
Unoccupied
1
Detached
5
Semi detached
42
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
30
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
112
One person
37
Two people
27
Three people
19
Four people
14
Five people
10
Six people
1
Seven people
1
Eight or over
3

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