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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
147
Population
499
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
120
England❚AL1 2PG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
45
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
499
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
369
Single
97
Married
182
Separated
12
Divorced
22
Widowed
56

Health

Population
499
Very good
265
Good
155
Fair
56
Bad
21
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
369
England❚AL1 2PG❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
146
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
83

Ethnicity

Population
499
White British
346
White Irish
18
White Gypsy
2
White Other
34
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Asian
12
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
5
Asian Pakistani
11
Asian Bangladeshi
23
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
7
Black African
8
Black Caribbean
5
Black Other
10
Arab
2
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
499
England
377
Nortern Ireland
7
Scotland
4
Wales
9
Ireland
14
Germany
2
Italy
4
Poland
11
Turkey
5
South Africa
7
Zimbabwe
6
Middle East
3
China
3
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
10
India
7
Pakistan
5
Sri Lanka
4
North America - Other
4
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
499
Christian
311
Buddhist
4
Hindu
4
Muslim
42
Other
1
No religion
108
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
198
Manufacturing
14
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
21
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
22
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
297
England❚AL1 2PG❚
Full-Time employee
115
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
39
Unemployed
7
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
147
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
61
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
149
Occupied
147
Unoccupied
2
Detached
23
Semi detached
91
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
10

Household Size

All categoies
147
One person
25
Two people
44
Three people
30
Four people
22
Five people
18
Six people
5
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 2PX AL1 2PP AL1 2RH AL1 2QF AL1 2NY AL1 2NZ AL1 2PA AL1 2PN AL1 2NP AL1 2NU AL1 2RA AL1 2RB AL1 2NT AL1 2NS AL1 2PW AL1 2NW AL1 2PE AL1 2NN AL1 2NL 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