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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
142
Population
384
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚AL1 2LT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
35
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
384
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
282
Single
84
Married
147
Separated
5
Divorced
30
Widowed
16

Health

Population
384
Very good
204
Good
120
Fair
48
Bad
9
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
282
England❚AL1 2LT❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
384
White British
231
White Irish
8
White Gypsy
5
White Other
27
Mixed Black Caribbean
8
Mixed Black African
5
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
14
Asian Pakistani
7
Asian Bangladeshi
32
Asian Other
1
Black African
17
Black Caribbean
12
Black Other
3
Arab
11

Country of Birth

Population
384
England
281
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
7
France
3
Spain
7
Poland
3
Romania
4
Nigeria
13
South Africa
2
Bangladesh
16
India
9
Pakistan
6
USA
4
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
384
Christian
226
Hindu
11
Jewish
1
Muslim
51
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
71
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
180
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
12
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
22
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
267
England❚AL1 2LT❚
Full-Time employee
120
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
23
Unemployed
17
Retired
24
Looking after home/family
21
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
62
Rented - council
35
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
143
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
1
Detached
15
Semi detached
58
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
34
Two people
41
Three people
26
Four people
25
Five people
10
Six people
3
Seven people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

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 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