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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
309
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
101
England❚AL1 2LB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
26
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
309
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
237
Single
107
Married
78
Separated
12
Divorced
25
Widowed
15

Health

Population
309
Very good
155
Good
102
Fair
36
Bad
11
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
237
England❚AL1 2LB❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
83
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
309
White British
217
White Irish
5
White Other
24
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Bangladeshi
22
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
15
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1
Arab
4
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
309
England
245
Scotland
3
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
10
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
4
China
2
Bangladesh
12
Pakistan
3
Sri Lanka
4
Philippines
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
2

Religion

Population
309
Christian
160
Buddhist
1
Muslim
35
No religion
87
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
161
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
23
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
221
England❚AL1 2LB❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
22
Unemployed
4
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
30
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
4
Detached
3
Semi detached
32
Terraced
27
Flat - purpose built
48
Flat - converted
17
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
34
Two people
45
Three people
25
Four people
9
Five people
7
Six people
5
Eight or over
1

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 2JS AL1 2JR AL1 2LA AL1 2JZ AL1 2JH AL1 2JP AL1 2JW AL1 2AP AL1 2JN AL1 2JL AL1 2PL AL1 2JJ 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