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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
140
Population
357
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
104
England❚SG5 2QH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
28
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
24

Age Groups

Population
357
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
292
Single
89
Married
162
Separated
7
Divorced
17
Widowed
17

Health

Population
357
Very good
167
Good
130
Fair
43
Bad
14
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
292
England❚SG5 2QH❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
60
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
74
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
68

Ethnicity

Population
357
White British
305
White Irish
6
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
7
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
5
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
9
Black Other
1
Arab
2

Country of Birth

Population
357
England
310
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
7
Wales
5
Ireland
6
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
6
Somalia
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Bangladesh
3
India
4
Pakistan
2
USA
1
Carribean
5

Religion

Population
357
Christian
185
Buddhist
4
Hindu
3
Jewish
1
Muslim
11
Sikh
2
No religion
120
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
185
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
20
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
17
Human health and social work
29

Economic Activity

Population
273
England❚SG5 2QH❚
Full-Time employee
120
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
19
Unemployed
12
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
140
Owned outright
47
Owned with mortgage
52
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
12
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
140
Unoccupied
5
Detached
11
Semi detached
93
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
140
One person
26
Two people
56
Three people
25
Four people
25
Five people
4
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