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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
136
Population
316
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚AL4 8PE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
316
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
85
Married
117
Separated
6
Divorced
21
Widowed
14

Health

Population
316
Very good
157
Good
105
Fair
36
Bad
14
Very bad
21

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚AL4 8PE❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
316
White British
265
White Irish
7
White Gypsy
1
White Other
16
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
3
Black African
9
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
316
England
268
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
4
Wales
6
Ireland
4
Germany
2
Portugal
3
Poland
2
Nigeria
1
South Africa
6
Zimbabwe
4
Pakistan
3
South America
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
3

Religion

Population
316
Christian
207
Muslim
5
Other
1
No religion
74
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
136
Manufacturing
12
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
25
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
18
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
213
England❚AL4 8PE❚
Full-Time employee
86
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
17
Unemployed
18
Retired
36
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
136
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
42
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
43
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
11
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
136
Unoccupied
3
Detached
2
Semi detached
79
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
36
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
136
One person
42
Two people
42
Three people
24
Four people
24
Five people
3
Seven people
1

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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