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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
140
Population
265
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚AL1 2QS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
36
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
265
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
226
Single
113
Married
74
Separated
5
Divorced
29
Widowed
5

Health

Population
265
Very good
113
Good
98
Fair
42
Bad
7
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
226
England❚AL1 2QS❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
265
White British
190
White Irish
6
White Other
22
Mixed Black Caribbean
6
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
2
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Other
8
Black African
4
Black Caribbean
12
Black Other
1
Arab
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
265
England
207
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Italy
2
Portugal
3
Spain
3
Poland
8
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
Middle East
2
Bangladesh
3
India
2
Sri Lanka
3
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1
Carribean
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
265
Christian
141
Buddhist
1
Hindu
7
Jewish
1
Muslim
8
Other
2
No religion
88
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
147
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
22
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚AL1 2QS❚
Full-Time employee
98
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
15
Unemployed
6
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
50
Rented - private landlord
25
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
142
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
2
Detached
1
Semi detached
21
Terraced
42
Flat - purpose built
75
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
61
Two people
49
Three people
17
Four people
10
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

AL1 2AJ AL1 2AL AL1 2AA AL1 2PT AL3 4BL AL3 4LD AL3 4BN AL1 2EA AL3 4AW AL1 2DT AL1 2DU AL1 2DX AL1 2DJ AL1 2PH AL1 2PJ AL1 2NG AL1 2NF AL1 2JG AL1 2JU AL1 2RJ AL1 2RD AL1 2RE 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