Electoral wardE05016011
Abbey ward, Shropshire
Abbey is one of 72 electoral wards of Shropshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,590 residents in 2,786 households — 2,090 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Shrewsbury constituency.
Residents, 20215,590council ward average 4,494
Households2,7862.01 residents per household
Density2,090/ km²about 2.67 km² · Shropshire 101
Aged 65+30.9%Shropshire: 25.4% · under 16: 12.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 194
5–93.9% · 219
10–155.2% · 292
16–193.0% · 166
20–244.6% · 259
25–3411.2% · 629
35–4915.6% · 870
50–6422.1% · 1,238
65–7414.3% · 802
75–8411.3% · 631
85+5.2% · 293
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.0% · 530
1 car or van48.8% · 1,360
2 cars or vans25.9% · 722
3 or more6.2% · 173
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Shropshire overall: 68.6% owned, 13.0% social rented, 17.4% private rented.
Owned outright46.0% · 1,281
With mortgage23.3% · 650
Shared ownership1.4% · 38
Social rented9.2% · 257
Private rented20.1% · 560
Type of home
Detached house29.8% · 831
Semi-detached house23.2% · 648
Terraced house19.8% · 554
Purpose-built flat22.0% · 614
Converted house2.7% · 74
Other conversion1.4% · 40
Above shop / office0.7% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016011- Council
- Shropshire Council
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 72
Parishes in the ward
Shrewsbury
Other wards in the same constituency
BBagley22.1% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned4,688BBattlefield12.3% aged 65+ · 70.9% owned5,333BBayston Hill28.5% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned5,219BBelle Vue23.5% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned4,658BBicton Heath21.6% aged 65+ · 61.4% owned3,614CCastlefields & Ditherington16.4% aged 65+ · 51.0% owned5,581CChirbury & Worthen26.7% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned6,080CColumn & Sutton31.2% aged 65+ · 67.2% owned3,938CCopthorne23.4% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned5,110HHarlescott15.3% aged 65+ · 43.3% owned3,551LLongden27.5% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned5,428LLoton29.5% aged 65+ · 70.5% owned3,031MMeole21.1% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned3,171MMonkmoor21.9% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned4,088
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.