Electoral wardE05013963
Sopwell ward, St Albans
Sopwell is one of 20 electoral wards of St Albans City and District Council, in Hertfordshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 7,710 residents in 2,999 households — 2,533 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the St Albans constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Albans South division.
Residents, 20217,710council ward average 7,388
Households2,9992.57 residents per household
Density2,533/ km²about 3.04 km² · St Albans 917
Aged 65+13.2%St Albans: 17.2% · under 16: 23.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.0% · 614
5–97.3% · 563
10–158.3% · 641
16–194.0% · 307
20–244.5% · 349
25–3413.7% · 1,053
35–4924.2% · 1,866
50–6416.9% · 1,301
65–746.9% · 532
75–844.2% · 327
85+2.1% · 161
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.8% · 565
1 car or van48.7% · 1,461
2 cars or vans25.7% · 770
3 or more6.8% · 204
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; St Albans overall: 70.9% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright24.9% · 748
With mortgage31.8% · 954
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented23.7% · 712
Private rented18.8% · 564
Lives rent free0.3% · 10
Type of home
Detached house4.8% · 145
Semi-detached house33.1% · 995
Terraced house31.9% · 958
Purpose-built flat25.1% · 753
Converted house3.7% · 110
Other conversion0.8% · 23
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013963- County council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- County division
- St. Albans South
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 20
Other wards in the same constituency
BBatchwood13.7% aged 65+ · 61.9% owned7,744BBernards Heath12.5% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned8,152CClarence13.1% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned8,181CColney Heath20.8% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned2,766CCunningham15.9% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,020HHill End12.3% aged 65+ · 76.8% owned7,588LLondon Colney16.5% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned8,068MMarshalswick East & Jersey Farm18.3% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned8,552MMarshalswick West18.4% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned3,511PPark Street19.4% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned8,169SSt Peters9.5% aged 65+ · 48.0% owned8,442SSt Stephen24.7% aged 65+ · 83.5% owned8,220VVerulam24.2% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned7,538
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.