East Hertfordshire   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 128919      Males 63221      Females 65698      Aged 0 to 15 26811      Aged 16 to 74 94123      Aged 75 and over 7985       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Percentage change since 1991 9.9%   2.5%   42 10 Density           Number of people per hectare 2.7   3.4   243 30 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Single people (never married) 27.6%   30.1%   145 19 Married or re-married people 56.5%   50.9%   113 19 Separated or divorced 9.3%   10.6%   326 42 Widowed 6.7%   8.4%   347 47   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Households without car/van 13.5%   26.8%   351 42 Household with 1 car or van 40.0%   43.8%   337 44 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 46.5%   29.4%   24 5   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 One person households 25.8%   30.0%   314 37 Married couple households 44.2%   36.5%   42 8 Cohabiting couple households 9.5%   8.3%   48 9 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 4.3%   6.5%   326 40      with non-dependent children only 2.5%   3.1%   290 27 All other households 13.6%   15.6%   313 42 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 White 97.1%   91.3%   226 22    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Indian (0.6%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Born in UK 93.9%   91.1%   238 25 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 2.3%   2.3%   109 18 Born outside EU 3.8%   6.6%   146 25   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Christian 74.5%   71.7%   221 23 Buddhist 0.2%   0.3%   112 14 Hindu 0.4%   1.1%   132 24 Jewish 0.3%   0.5%   66 12 Muslim 0.5%   3.0%   170 25 Sikh 0.1%   0.6%   151 19 Other 0.2%   0.3%   209 38 No religion 17.0%   14.8%   77 15 Religion not stated 6.7%   7.7%   305 45 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Limiting long-term illness 12.4%   18.2%   369 48 General health 'not good' 5.8%   9.2%   362 47 People providing unpaid care 8.9%   10.0%   322 41 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 1.2%   2.1%   363 47 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Employed 69.6%   60.6%   20 4 Unemployed 1.6%   3.4%   369 48 Long-term unemployed 0.4%   1.0%   351 47 Student (economically active) 2.3%   2.6%   157 14 Retired 11.9%   13.6%   314 41 Student (economically inactive) 3.7%   4.7%   127 8 Looking after home/family 6.6%   6.5%   143 30 Permanently sick or disabled 2.4%   5.5%   357 46 Other inactive 1.8%   3.1%   360 45   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Travel to work by car 66.0%   61.5%   194 22 Travel to work by public transport 12.2%   14.5%   100 18   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Qualifications at degree level or higher 24.9%   19.8%   55 5 No qualifications 21.0%   29.1%   337 45 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Number of households with residents 52084   -   154 17 Number of people per hectare 2.7   3.4   243 30 Average household size 2.43   2.36   81 15 Vacant household spaces 2.1%   3.2%   323 36 Owner-occupied 76.7%   68.9%   88 14 Without central heating 3.3%   8.5%   339 41 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.2%   0.5%   292 35 Overcrowding indicator 4.7%   7.0 %   172 24

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