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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
129
Population
351
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚AL1 2PA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
351
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
266
Single
77
Married
143
Civil partnership
1
Separated
4
Divorced
21
Widowed
20

Health

Population
351
Very good
183
Good
109
Fair
41
Bad
17
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
266
England❚AL1 2PA❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
75
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
70

Ethnicity

Population
351
White British
251
White Irish
5
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Bangladeshi
35
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
16
Black Caribbean
10
Black Other
5
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
351
England
277
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
15
Wales
3
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
2
Ghana
2
Nigeria
1
Somalia
2
Middle East
4
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
16
India
2
Pakistan
2
USA
2
North America - Other
1
Carribean
6

Religion

Population
351
Christian
213
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Jewish
2
Muslim
46
No religion
70
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
169
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
37
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
15
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
17
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
11
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
239
England❚AL1 2PA❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
23
Unemployed
4
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
22
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
129
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
42
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
35
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
13
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
129
Unoccupied
2
Detached
7
Semi detached
58
Terraced
62
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
129
One person
37
Two people
35
Three people
19
Four people
20
Five people
8
Six people
7
Seven people
1
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

AL1 2QP AL1 2QJ AL1 2QW AL1 2QH AL1 2QQ AL1 2QG AL1 2QE AL1 2AN AL1 2QD AL1 2QA AL1 2AD AL1 2QY AL1 2QB AL1 2PY AL1 2PX AL1 2PP AL1 2RH AL1 2PN AL1 2NP AL1 2NU AL1 2RA AL1 2RB AL1 2NS AL1 2PW AL1 2NW AL1 2PB AL1 2PD AL1 2PF AL1 2PG AL1 2PQ AL1 2NH AL1 2NE AL1 2NN AL1 2NL AL1 2NJ AL1 2NQ AL1 2JX AL1 2JT AL1 2JF

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