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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
131
Population
351
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚AL4 8NU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
24
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
351
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
267
Single
72
Married
151
Separated
4
Divorced
15
Widowed
25

Health

Population
351
Very good
170
Good
121
Fair
38
Bad
16
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
267
England❚AL4 8NU❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
98
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
351
White British
329
White Irish
2
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
2
Black Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
351
England
319
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
10
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Spain
1
Zimbabwe
2
USA
1
Central America
1
South America
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
3

Religion

Population
351
Christian
217
Buddhist
1
No religion
101
Not stated
32

Industry

Population
171
Manufacturing
3
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
32
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
232
England❚AL4 8NU❚
Full-Time employee
91
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
32
Unemployed
3
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
40
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
36
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
131
Detached
7
Semi detached
110
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
30
Two people
43
Three people
20
Four people
28
Five people
5
Six people
2
Eight or over
3

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Data Sources

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  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019