St. Albans   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 129005      Males 63414      Females 65591      Aged 0 to 15 26511      Aged 16 to 74 93532      Aged 75 and over 8962       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Percentage change since 1991 2.2%   2.5%   235 39 Density           Number of people per hectare 8.0   3.4   156 15 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) 28.7%   30.1%   108 13 Married or re-married people 55.6%   50.9%   146 24 Separated or divorced 8.9%   10.6%   353 47 Widowed 6.8%   8.4%   339 42   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Households without car/van 14.8%   26.8%   318 38 Household with 1 car or van 42.4%   43.8%   281 31 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 42.8%   29.4%   59 10   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 One person households 27.4%   30.0%   242 24 Married couple households 41.8%   36.5%   97 19 Cohabiting couple households 8.5%   8.3%   142 27 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 4.4%   6.5%   313 37      with non-dependent children only 2.5%   3.1%   294 29 All other households 15.3%   15.6%   182 23 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 White 93.1%   91.3%   295 41    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Bangladeshi (1.3%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Born in UK 89.3%   91.1%   319 42 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 3.7%   2.3%   39 5 Born outside EU 7.0%   6.6%   63 8   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Christian 71.0%   71.7%   284 33 Buddhist 0.3%   0.3%   92 10 Hindu 0.7%   1.1%   79 12 Jewish 0.9%   0.5%   25 6 Muslim 2.6%   3.0%   70 5 Sikh 0.1%   0.6%   132 16 Other 0.2%   0.3%   198 36 No religion 17.5%   14.8%   68 12 Religion not stated 6.6%   7.7%   324 46 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Limiting long-term illness 13.1%   18.2%   356 46 General health 'not good' 5.9%   9.2%   354 44 People providing unpaid care 9.5%   10.0%   267 27 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 1.3%   2.1%   344 44 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Employed 67.8%   60.6%   52 12 Unemployed 1.7%   3.4%   354 46 Long-term unemployed 0.4%   1.0%   355 48 Student (economically active) 2.5%   2.6%   104 10 Retired 13.0%   13.6%   267 28 Student (economically inactive) 3.4%   4.7%   156 10 Looking after home/family 6.6%   6.5%   135 25 Permanently sick or disabled 2.8%   5.5%   331 41 Other inactive 2.1%   3.1%   317 37   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 60.6%   61.5%   294 39 Travel to work by public transport 18.1%   14.5%   58 8   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Qualifications at degree level or higher 36.4%   19.8%   13 2 No qualifications 17.0%   29.1%   367 47 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/48 Number of households with residents 52659   -   150 15 Number of people per hectare 8.0   3.4   156 15 Average household size 2.42   2.36   96 19 Vacant household spaces 1.9%   3.2%   356 43 Owner-occupied 77.1%   68.9%   77 12 Without central heating 2.8%   8.5%   350 44 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.3%   0.5%   205 19 Overcrowding indicator 5.6%   7.0 %   124 17

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