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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007090

Colney Heath & Highfield Park

Colney Heath & Highfield Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,266 residents in St Albans. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,266

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,367

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

560

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.9%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Welwyn & Hatfield Garden Village, Welwyn Hatfield8,138 residents · 68.9% owned · 10.3% no carSouthborough West, Tunbridge Wells8,078 residents · 72.2% owned · 12.7% no carBoreham & Little Baddow, Chelmsford9,498 residents · 74.7% owned · 7.8% no carShenley & South Mimms, Hertsmere5,391 residents · 67.3% owned · 8.5% no carKings Langley, Dacorum5,288 residents · 75.0% owned · 10.9% no carEpsom Downs & Common, Epsom and Ewell9,056 residents · 83.5% owned · 9.0% no car

Most similar within St Albans

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Jersey Farm & Sandridge, St Albans7,004 residents · 73.7% owned · 9.5% no carWheathampstead, St Albans6,716 residents · 75.8% owned · 8.1% no carHow Wood & Park Street, St Albans6,433 residents · 74.8% owned · 10.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Colney Heath & Highfield Park

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned69.5%
1,644 households
Social rented18.9%
447 households
Private rented11%
260 households
Shared ownership0.6%
14 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached36.1%
853 households
Detached34.5%
816 households
Terraced13.4%
318 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.3%
290 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2%
47 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.7%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
0 households
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.3%
932 households
2 cars or vans in household36.3%
861 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.4%
341 households
No cars or vans in household10%
236 households
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms35.7%
844 households
3 bedrooms32.2%
762 households
2 bedrooms23.5%
556 households
1 bedroom8.5%
201 households
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.7%
1,695 households
One-person household23.3%
550 households
Other household types5.1%
120 households
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.2%
761 households
1 person in household23.2%
549 households
4 people in household18.2%
430 households
3 people in household18.1%
429 households
5 people in household6.3%
148 households
6 people in household1.2%
29 households
7 people in household0.5%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.6%
1,231 residents
15–2916.4%
1,027 residents
30–4417.8%
1,116 residents
45–6430.5%
1,909 residents
65 and over15.7%
985 residents
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84.5%
5,298 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.9%
432 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
280 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
147 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
110 residents
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.9%
2,117 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
794 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
682 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.5%
615 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.3%
410 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.9%
3,055 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.7%
1,763 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
1,135 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
545 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
541 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.7%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.6%
375 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.3%
362 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
323 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55%
3,447 residents
Good health30.7%
1,921 residents
Fair health10.5%
658 residents
Bad health2.9%
179 residents
Very bad health1%
61 residents
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.3%
5,347 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.7%
919 residents
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.9%
1,322 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.2%
715 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.7%
252 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
74 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Colney Heath & Highfield Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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