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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
146
Population
362
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚AL4 8DY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
43
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
362
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
284
Single
60
Married
180
Separated
7
Divorced
14
Widowed
23

Health

Population
362
Very good
185
Good
130
Fair
34
Bad
11
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
284
England❚AL4 8DY❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
121
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
362
White British
335
White Irish
4
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Black African
4
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
362
England
336
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
3
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
2
China
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
362
Christian
239
Jewish
6
Other
2
No religion
91
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
165
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
28
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
26
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
241
England❚AL4 8DY❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
27
Unemployed
4
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
22
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
146
Owned outright
72
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
147
Occupied
146
Unoccupied
1
Detached
52
Semi detached
86
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
146
One person
33
Two people
54
Three people
26
Four people
24
Five people
7
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

AL4 8DX AL4 8AJ AL4 8AL AL4 8QQ AL4 8AH AL4 8QF AL4 8QE AL4 8AQ AL4 8AN AL4 8DN AL4 8AG AL4 8AF

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