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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
140
Population
319
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚AL1 2JP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
94
Married
110
Separated
3
Divorced
23
Widowed
15

Health

Population
319
Very good
151
Good
97
Fair
50
Bad
18
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
England❚AL1 2JP❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
63
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
210
White Irish
4
White Gypsy
1
White Other
22
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Bangladeshi
38
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
12
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
11
Arab
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
246
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
3
Wales
5
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
10
Kenya
1
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
2
China
1
Bangladesh
15
Sri Lanka
6
North America - Other
2
Central America
2
South America
3
Carribean
5
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
166
Buddhist
2
Hindu
10
Jewish
3
Muslim
39
Sikh
5
Other
3
No religion
76
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
141
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
31
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
15
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
221
England❚AL1 2JP❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
18
Unemployed
14
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
35
Rented - council
59
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
4
Detached
1
Semi detached
34
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
66
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
3
Caravan
6

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
49
Two people
46
Three people
20
Four people
12
Five people
8
Six people
5

Nearby postcodes

AL1 2NR AL1 2LQ AL1 2LN AL1 2LG AL1 2LW AL1 2LE AL1 2LD AL1 2LL AL1 2LT AL1 2LU AL1 2LX AL1 2LF AL1 2LJ AL1 2LH AL1 2LZ AL1 2LS AL1 2LB AL1 2JY AL1 2JS AL1 2JR AL1 2LA AL1 2JH AL1 2JW AL1 2HN AL1 2HW AL1 2LY AL1 2DD AL1 2HP AL1 2HU AL1 2HJ AL1 2HS AL1 2HR AL1 2HT AL1 2EZ AL1 2EX AL1 2LR AL1 2JE AL1 2HY AL1 2EY AL1 2JD AL1 2HZ AL1 2EP AL1 2HX AL1 2ET AL1 2EF

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