Electoral wardE05010458
Abbey ward, City of Leicester
Abbey is one of 21 electoral wards of Leicester City Council (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 22,105 residents in 8,363 households — 3,719 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Leicester West constituency.
Residents, 202122,105council ward average 17,551
Households8,3632.64 residents per household
Density3,719/ km²about 5.94 km² · City of Leicester 5,026
Aged 65+12.0%City of Leicester: 11.8% · under 16: 22.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 1,508
5–97.1% · 1,565
10–158.4% · 1,861
16–195.3% · 1,164
20–247.2% · 1,599
25–3416.2% · 3,589
35–4921.2% · 4,691
50–6415.7% · 3,475
65–746.7% · 1,487
75–843.7% · 812
85+1.6% · 354
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.5% · 2,718
1 car or van43.6% · 3,650
2 cars or vans18.5% · 1,547
3 or more5.4% · 448
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Leicester overall: 46.7% owned, 23.1% social rented, 29.4% private rented.
Owned outright22.9% · 1,917
With mortgage23.1% · 1,936
Shared ownership0.6% · 54
Social rented27.1% · 2,269
Private rented25.9% · 2,166
Lives rent free0.3% · 23
Type of home
Detached house8.1% · 681
Semi-detached house47.3% · 3,952
Terraced house17.3% · 1,447
Purpose-built flat25.3% · 2,116
Converted house0.5% · 43
Other conversion0.8% · 64
Above shop / office0.7% · 59
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010458- Council
- Leicester City Council
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
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.