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Administrative Areas

Ward
Hitchin Highbury
Local Authority
North Hertfordshire
County
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin and Harpenden
Region
East of England
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
253
Population
472
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
216
England❚SG5 2DP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
95
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
65
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
472
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
405
Single
194
Married
136
Civil partnership
2
Separated
19
Divorced
39
Widowed
15

Health

Population
472
Very good
278
Good
146
Fair
41
Bad
6
Very bad
39

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
405
England❚SG5 2DP❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
58
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
199
Other qualifications
21
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
472
White British
377
White Irish
8
White Other
29
Mixed Black Caribbean
10
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
5
Asian Other
4
Black African
7
Black Caribbean
13
Black Other
5
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
472
England
394
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
5
Wales
7
Ireland
5
France
11
Germany
4
Italy
1
Spain
2
Poland
2
Romania
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
4
Hong Kong
1
India
3
Sri Lanka
1
USA
2
South America
3
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
5
Australia
4

Religion

Population
472
Christian
244
Buddhist
1
Hindu
4
Jewish
1
Muslim
4
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
178
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
307
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
12
Information and communication
20
Financial and insurance
15
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
42
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
37
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
390
England❚SG5 2DP❚
Full-Time employee
206
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
58
Unemployed
10
Retired
41
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
253
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
71
Shared ownership
11
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
35
Rented - private landlord
77
Rented - other private
9
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
283
Occupied
253
Unoccupied
30
Detached
16
Semi detached
24
Terraced
71
Flat - purpose built
122
Flat - converted
27
Flat - in commerical building
23

Household Size

All categoies
253
One person
115
Two people
86
Three people
30
Four people
17
Five people
3
Six people
2

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
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  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019