Electoral wardE05015927
Abbey ward, Buckinghamshire
Abbey is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,471 residents in 5,530 households — 2,751 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wycombe constituency.
Residents, 202115,471council ward average 11,288
Households5,5302.8 residents per household
Density2,751/ km²about 5.62 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+11.3%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 969
5–96.0% · 934
10–159.1% · 1,401
16–196.0% · 921
20–247.5% · 1,158
25–3417.4% · 2,690
35–4921.9% · 3,383
50–6414.7% · 2,273
65–745.8% · 895
75–843.6% · 553
85+1.9% · 295
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.3% · 1,124
1 car or van40.5% · 2,240
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,577
3 or more10.7% · 589
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright22.7% · 1,256
With mortgage33.3% · 1,836
Shared ownership0.9% · 47
Social rented9.9% · 549
Private rented33.1% · 1,830
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house25.4% · 1,402
Semi-detached house28.1% · 1,554
Terraced house5.1% · 282
Purpose-built flat33.5% · 1,855
Converted house3.1% · 174
Other conversion2.0% · 109
Above shop / office2.7% · 150
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015927- Constituency
- Wycombe
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 49
Council offices in this ward
THigh Wycombe GuildhallTown hall · HP11 2BJCThames Valley Probation ServiceCouncil office · HP11 1NTCBuckinghamshire Council - Wycombe areaCouncil office · HP11 1BB
Other wards in the same constituency
BBooker & Cressex22.1% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned4,984CCastlefield & Oakridge8.0% aged 65+ · 47.5% owned9,775CChiltern Villages24.4% aged 65+ · 74.3% owned5,355DDisraeli15.1% aged 65+ · 54.7% owned5,679DDownley17.5% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned6,626HHazlemere23.5% aged 65+ · 84.8% owned9,535MMarlow23.5% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned18,398MMarsh & Micklefield10.7% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned11,546PPenn, Tylers Green & Loudwater21.5% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned13,399RRidgeway West21.1% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned11,777SSands10.3% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned6,751TTerriers & Amersham Hill12.4% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned10,325TTotteridge & Bowerdean11.7% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned12,517WWest Wycombe & Lane End19.4% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned5,677
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.