Electoral wardE05013864
Abbey ward, Reading
Abbey is one of 16 electoral wards of Reading Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,153 residents in 4,763 households — 7,695 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Reading Central constituency.
Residents, 202110,153council ward average 10,889
Households4,7632.13 residents per household
Density7,695/ km²about 1.32 km² · Reading 4,313
Aged 65+5.6%Reading: 12.0% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 628
5–94.1% · 412
10–153.1% · 316
16–192.5% · 256
20–2410.4% · 1,056
25–3430.7% · 3,120
35–4925.6% · 2,601
50–6411.8% · 1,193
65–743.4% · 344
75–841.8% · 187
85+0.4% · 40
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van57.6% · 2,743
1 car or van35.1% · 1,673
2 cars or vans6.3% · 298
3 or more1.0% · 49
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Reading overall: 50.4% owned, 16.1% social rented, 31.9% private rented.
Owned outright7.4% · 352
With mortgage12.7% · 603
Shared ownership2.0% · 93
Social rented10.9% · 519
Private rented67.0% · 3,193
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house1.6% · 76
Semi-detached house3.5% · 167
Terraced house15.2% · 724
Purpose-built flat61.9% · 2,948
Converted house12.4% · 589
Other conversion2.6% · 122
Above shop / office2.7% · 130
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013864- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 16
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBattle6.4% aged 65+ · 41.9% owned11,445CCaversham14.7% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned11,411CCaversham Heights19.6% aged 65+ · 85.7% owned9,531CColey10.9% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned11,029EEmmer Green21.8% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned9,563KKatesgrove6.5% aged 65+ · 31.5% owned11,931NNorcot12.5% aged 65+ · 49.9% owned11,419PPark9.9% aged 65+ · 47.9% owned11,445RRedlands7.3% aged 65+ · 34.5% owned14,714SSouthcote16.2% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned10,985TThames8.6% aged 65+ · 37.2% owned7,808
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.