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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
131
Population
465
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
108
England❚AL1 2NB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
39

Age Groups

Population
465
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
333
Single
122
Married
165
Separated
8
Divorced
18
Widowed
20

Health

Population
465
Very good
201
Good
159
Fair
72
Bad
24
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
333
England❚AL1 2NB❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
84
Other qualifications
32
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
465
White British
169
White Irish
7
White Gypsy
2
White Other
34
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
4
Mixed Asian
9
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
12
Asian Pakistani
36
Asian Bangladeshi
135
Asian Other
12
Black African
14
Black Caribbean
12
Black Other
5
Arab
3
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
465
England
301
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Ireland
6
Germany
2
Italy
2
Portugal
1
Poland
8
Ghana
1
Nigeria
3
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
3
Bangladesh
74
Pakistan
23
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Carribean
7
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
465
Christian
163
Buddhist
3
Muslim
176
Sikh
10
No religion
80
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
178
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
53
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
26
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
14
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
310
England❚AL1 2NB❚
Full-Time employee
88
Part-Time employee
50
Self employed
27
Unemployed
20
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
26
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
36
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
44
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
3
Detached
12
Semi detached
55
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
21
Two people
28
Three people
21
Four people
28
Five people
12
Six people
11
Seven people
5
Eight or over
5

Nearby postcodes

AL1 2AJ AL1 2AL AL1 2AA AL1 2PT AL3 4BL AL3 4LD AL3 4BN AL1 2PU AL1 2EA AL3 4AW AL1 2DT AL1 2DU AL1 2DX AL1 2DJ AL1 2QS AL1 2QT AL1 2JG AL1 2JU AL1 2RJ AL1 2DS AL1 2DL AL1 2BZ AL1 2DE AL1 2QU AL1 2PS AL1 2DN AL1 2BX AL1 2AY AL1 2AW AL1 2AR AL1 2AX

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