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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
143
Population
429
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
England❚SG5 2NW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
53

Age Groups

Population
429
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
308
Single
139
Married
106
Separated
11
Divorced
30
Widowed
22

Health

Population
429
Very good
209
Good
153
Fair
48
Bad
14
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
308
England❚SG5 2NW❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
50
Other qualifications
22
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
429
White British
332
White Irish
7
White Other
17
Mixed Black Caribbean
20
Mixed Other
7
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
8
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
19
Black Other
2
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
429
England
379
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
4
France
5
Germany
2
Portugal
1
Poland
2
Zimbabwe
4
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
2
India
2
Carribean
10

Religion

Population
429
Christian
226
Buddhist
4
Jewish
4
Muslim
8
Sikh
5
Other
4
No religion
160
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
191
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
42
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
18
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
289
England❚SG5 2NW❚
Full-Time employee
115
Part-Time employee
57
Self employed
11
Unemployed
24
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
22
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
31
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
143
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
31
Rented - council
55
Rented - other social
36
Rented - private landlord
8

Housing Types

All categoies
144
Occupied
143
Unoccupied
1
Detached
9
Semi detached
40
Terraced
83
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
143
One person
26
Two people
37
Three people
24
Four people
27
Five people
25
Six people
4

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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