Electoral wardE05015507
Abbey ward, City of Derby
Abbey is one of 18 electoral wards of Derby City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,851 residents in 5,704 households — 5,305 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Derby North and Derby South constituencies.
Residents, 202112,851council ward average 14,521
Households5,7042.25 residents per household
Density5,305/ km²about 2.42 km² · City of Derby 3,350
Aged 65+12.0%City of Derby: 16.4% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 764
5–95.2% · 668
10–155.5% · 712
16–193.6% · 467
20–2411.0% · 1,418
25–3420.4% · 2,617
35–4920.8% · 2,676
50–6415.4% · 1,979
65–746.2% · 793
75–843.7% · 476
85+2.1% · 268
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van40.2% · 2,292
1 car or van40.3% · 2,299
2 cars or vans15.1% · 861
3 or more4.3% · 246
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Derby overall: 59.0% owned, 18.8% social rented, 21.3% private rented.
Owned outright17.7% · 1,008
With mortgage16.5% · 941
Shared ownership0.9% · 50
Social rented22.0% · 1,253
Private rented42.8% · 2,441
Lives rent free0.2% · 13
Type of home
Detached house9.4% · 538
Semi-detached house20.8% · 1,186
Terraced house36.6% · 2,089
Purpose-built flat26.9% · 1,536
Converted house4.9% · 280
Other conversion0.6% · 36
Above shop / office0.6% · 33
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015507- Council
- Derby City Council
- Constituency
- Derby North, Derby South
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 18
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlvaston North14.6% aged 65+ · 49.5% owned16,806AAlvaston South17.7% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned14,444AArboretum8.3% aged 65+ · 30.5% owned17,049BBlagreaves20.6% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned14,997CChaddesden East21.4% aged 65+ · 70.8% owned10,535CChaddesden North14.6% aged 65+ · 62.6% owned9,405CChaddesden West13.9% aged 65+ · 51.1% owned9,453CChellaston & Shelton Lock18.2% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned15,769DDarley15.3% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned16,833LLittleover17.4% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned15,127MMackworth & New Zealand12.8% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned15,499MMickleover26.1% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned14,696NNormanton7.8% aged 65+ · 44.8% owned22,792OOakwood16.8% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned11,753
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.