Housing in AL1 5QG
What the homes in AL1 5QG are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- The Camp & Cunningham
- Council
- St Albans
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,751 (2024)
AL1 5QGSt Albans
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (42.9%). Flats make up 24.2%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
57.7% of households in the AL1 5QG area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 8.5% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 30.5% own outright and 27.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned57.7%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.2%1%
- Private rented8.5%20.5%
- Social rented33.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.6 people living in it. 27.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (27.9%). 38.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in St Albans
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in St Albans (August 2026, +2.9% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around AL1 5QG (The Camp & Cunningham) (about 1,751 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.