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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
127
Population
285
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚AL5 5LY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
50
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
285
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
221
Single
68
Married
113
Separated
9
Divorced
21
Widowed
10

Health

Population
285
Very good
193
Good
72
Fair
16
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
221
England❚AL5 5LY❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
15
Apprenticeship
134
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
285
White British
240
White Irish
2
White Other
17
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
8
Asian Other
10
Black African
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
285
England
227
Scotland
7
Wales
4
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
2
Poland
2
Nigeria
1
Kenya
2
South Africa
4
India
7
Philippines
2
USA
3
North America - Other
1
South America
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
8
Australia
6

Religion

Population
285
Christian
165
Hindu
8
Muslim
4
Sikh
1
No religion
85
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
157
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
17
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
29
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
11
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚AL5 5LY❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
23
Unemployed
5
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
45
Owned with mortgage
38
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
38
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
6
Detached
7
Semi detached
24
Terraced
58
Flat - purpose built
43
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
44
Two people
43
Three people
12
Four people
22
Five people
5
Six 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