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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
134
Population
338
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
England❚SG5 2RL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
26
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
338
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
81
Married
138
Separated
6
Divorced
27
Widowed
22

Health

Population
338
Very good
154
Good
126
Fair
43
Bad
13
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚SG5 2RL❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
44
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
338
White British
270
White Irish
4
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
13
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
10
Asian Indian
20
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
3
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
2
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
338
England
300
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
2
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Spain
1
South Africa
6
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
2
India
8
USA
2
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
338
Christian
182
Buddhist
6
Hindu
4
Muslim
6
Sikh
16
Other
4
No religion
94
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
160
Mining
1
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
30
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
15
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
237
England❚SG5 2RL❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
21
Unemployed
16
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
51
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
20
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
134
Occupied
134
Detached
11
Semi detached
86
Terraced
19
Flat - purpose built
18

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
36
Two people
40
Three people
28
Four people
16
Five people
11
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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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