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Administrative Areas

Ward
Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo
Local Authority
North Hertfordshire
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin and Harpenden
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
190
Population
493
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
139
England❚LU2 8QA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
33
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
493
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
385
Single
110
Married
206
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
29
Widowed
27

Health

Population
493
Very good
254
Good
158
Fair
59
Bad
19
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
385
England❚LU2 8QA❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
63
Apprenticeship
107
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
91

Ethnicity

Population
493
White British
464
White Irish
4
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Asian Other
4
Black Caribbean
6
Black Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
493
England
466
Scotland
5
Wales
4
Ireland
1
France
3
Germany
2
Poland
2
South Africa
3
Middle East
1
Sri Lanka
2
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
493
Christian
302
Buddhist
3
Muslim
5
Other
2
No religion
132
Not stated
49

Industry

Population
254
Manufacturing
18
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
7
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
12
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
21
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
27
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
351
England❚LU2 8QA❚
Full-Time employee
155
Part-Time employee
54
Self employed
43
Unemployed
14
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
190
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - council
25
Rented - other social
32
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
205
Occupied
190
Unoccupied
15
Detached
38
Semi detached
93
Terraced
61
Flat - purpose built
11
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
190
One person
41
Two people
69
Three people
30
Four people
32
Five people
15
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

LU2 8RU LU2 8ST LU2 8UY

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