Electoral wardE05013050
Abbey ward, Cambridge
Abbey is one of 14 electoral wards of Cambridge City Council, in Cambridgeshire (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 10,783 residents in 4,440 households — 2,761 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cambridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Abbey and Petersfield divisions.
Residents, 202110,783council ward average 10,405
Households4,4402.43 residents per household
Density2,761/ km²about 3.91 km² · Cambridge 3,580
Aged 65+10.8%Cambridge: 11.4% · under 16: 17.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 534
5–95.7% · 617
10–156.4% · 694
16–194.1% · 437
20–247.9% · 848
25–3420.8% · 2,242
35–4923.5% · 2,535
50–6415.9% · 1,716
65–746.4% · 685
75–842.9% · 317
85+1.5% · 159
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.9% · 1,506
1 car or van46.5% · 2,063
2 cars or vans15.9% · 707
3 or more3.7% · 164
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cambridge overall: 44.1% owned, 22.7% social rented, 31.5% private rented.
Owned outright20.2% · 898
With mortgage19.7% · 875
Shared ownership0.8% · 36
Social rented31.5% · 1,401
Private rented27.5% · 1,220
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house4.3% · 191
Semi-detached house35.7% · 1,585
Terraced house24.3% · 1,077
Purpose-built flat31.5% · 1,399
Converted house3.4% · 150
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office0.4% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013050- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- County council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- County division
- Abbey, Petersfield
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AArbury14.0% aged 65+ · 47.2% owned9,883CCastle9.4% aged 65+ · 40.9% owned7,861CColeridge11.2% aged 65+ · 43.6% owned10,501EEast Chesterton15.0% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned9,714KKing's Hedges12.0% aged 65+ · 37.8% owned11,099MMarket7.9% aged 65+ · 33.2% owned10,443NNewnham7.6% aged 65+ · 54.6% owned11,374PPetersfield10.0% aged 65+ · 37.6% owned10,938RRomsey8.9% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned10,189TTrumpington9.1% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned12,393WWest Chesterton17.3% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned8,904
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.