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Electoral wardE05010673

Abbey Hill ward, Ashfield

Abbey Hill is one of 23 electoral wards of Ashfield District Council, in Nottinghamshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,522 residents in 1,439 households — 1,211 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Kirkby North division.

Residents, 20213,522council ward average 5,491
Households1,4392.45 residents per household
Density1,211/ km²about 2.91 km² · Ashfield 1,153
Aged 65+19.7%Ashfield: 19.7% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 238
5–98.0% · 281
10–157.9% · 277
16–194.7% · 164
20–245.7% · 199
25–3411.9% · 420
35–4917.2% · 605
50–6418.3% · 645
65–7411.5% · 404
75–846.6% · 233
85+1.6% · 56

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.6% · 397
1 car or van41.4% · 596
2 cars or vans22.6% · 326
3 or more8.4% · 121
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Ashfield overall: 67.4% owned, 14.9% social rented, 17.1% private rented.

Owned outright33.0% · 476
With mortgage20.6% · 297
Shared ownership0.3% · 4
Social rented32.0% · 461
Private rented13.7% · 197
Lives rent free0.5% · 7

Type of home

Detached house23.6% · 340
Semi-detached house52.1% · 750
Terraced house11.1% · 160
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 167
Converted house1.3% · 18
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
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.