Electoral wardE05014053
Abbey ward, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Abbey is one of 19 electoral wards of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council (London). At the 2021 Census it had 3,955 residents in 1,421 households — 8,643 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Barking constituency.
Residents, 20213,955council ward average 11,520
Households1,4212.78 residents per household
Density8,643/ km²about 0.46 km² · London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 6,065
Aged 65+4.9%London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: 8.7% · under 16: 25.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–49.6% · 379
5–99.3% · 368
10–156.9% · 272
16–193.6% · 142
20–245.3% · 208
25–3423.3% · 921
35–4926.4% · 1,044
50–6410.8% · 429
65–742.8% · 110
75–841.6% · 62
85+0.5% · 21
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van66.0% · 937
1 car or van27.5% · 391
2 cars or vans5.6% · 80
3 or more0.8% · 12
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; London Borough of Barking and Dagenham overall: 42.4% owned, 31.5% social rented, 24.2% private rented.
Owned outright9.5% · 135
With mortgage13.6% · 193
Shared ownership2.4% · 34
Social rented20.1% · 285
Private rented53.3% · 757
Lives rent free1.1% · 16
Type of home
Detached house2.7% · 39
Semi-detached house6.3% · 90
Terraced house17.4% · 248
Purpose-built flat64.8% · 922
Converted house2.9% · 41
Other conversion1.0% · 14
Above shop / office4.8% · 68
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014053- Constituency
- Barking
- Region
- London
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 19
Council offices in this ward
TBarking Town HallTown hall · IG11 7LUCLondon Borough Of Barking & DagenhamCouncil office · IG11 7LU
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlibon9.3% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned10,031BBarking Riverside3.5% aged 65+ · 36.3% owned9,955BBecontree8.8% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned9,799EEastbury8.4% aged 65+ · 41.9% owned15,600GGascoigne4.9% aged 65+ · 23.5% owned10,831GGoresbrook10.3% aged 65+ · 39.2% owned13,070LLongbridge10.4% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned13,306MMayesbrook7.8% aged 65+ · 36.2% owned15,922NNorthbury5.6% aged 65+ · 27.5% owned13,080PParsloes9.6% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned15,251TThames View6.6% aged 65+ · 35.3% owned6,005VValence9.2% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned15,481
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.