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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
123
Population
323
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚AL1 2LF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
323
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
73
Married
111
Separated
8
Divorced
24
Widowed
17

Health

Population
323
Very good
146
Good
120
Fair
42
Bad
10
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚AL1 2LF❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
78

Ethnicity

Population
323
White British
181
White Irish
7
White Other
30
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
4
Asian Indian
6
Asian Bangladeshi
26
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
15
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
12
Arab
12
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
323
England
225
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
2
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
1
Italy
7
Portugal
3
Spain
6
Poland
1
Turkey
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
5
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
3
China
1
Bangladesh
13
India
4
Philippines
8
North America - Other
1
South America
5
Carribean
4

Religion

Population
323
Christian
164
Hindu
2
Jewish
2
Muslim
54
Other
1
No religion
79
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
142
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
18
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚AL1 2LF❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
21
Unemployed
5
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
18
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
68
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
7

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
10
Detached
2
Semi detached
29
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
66
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
42
Two people
29
Three people
13
Four people
23
Five people
9
Six people
3
Seven people
3
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 2LB AL1 2JY AL1 2JS AL1 2JR 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 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