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Administrative Areas

Ward
Wheathampstead
Local Authority
St Albans
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin and Harpenden
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
110
Population
270
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚AL4 8DN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
35
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
270
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
221
Single
53
Married
127
Separated
2
Divorced
14
Widowed
25

Health

Population
270
Very good
145
Good
89
Fair
26
Bad
6
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
221
England❚AL4 8DN❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
270
White British
257
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
4
White Other
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
270
England
246
Scotland
3
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
2
Italy
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
India
1
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
270
Christian
192
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
55
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
138
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
18
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
188
England❚AL4 8DN❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
26
Unemployed
4
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
110
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
32
Rented - council
32
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
118
Occupied
110
Unoccupied
8
Detached
51
Semi detached
30
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
24

Household Size

All categoies
110
One person
29
Two people
38
Three people
18
Four people
15
Five people
9
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

AL4 8DZ AL4 8DY AL4 8AJ AL4 8AL AL4 8QQ AL4 8FH AL4 8PX AL4 8QH AL4 8QJ AL4 8AH AL4 8QF AL4 8QE AL4 8AN AL4 8QG

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