Abbey, Leicester
| Abbey[1] | |
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Clockwise from top: Leicester Abbey ruins, Red Hill Way and Leicester North railway station on the Great Central Railway. | |
![Abbey[1] is located in Leicestershire](/wiki/File:Leicestershire_UK_location_map.svg?lang=en) ![Abbey[1]](/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png){kind=small} Abbey[1] Location within Leicestershire | |
| Population | 22,105 (2021 Census Ward Profile)[2] |
| OS grid reference | SK5839005900 |
| • London | 101 mi (163 km) SE |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LEICESTER |
| Postcode district | LE4 |
| Dialling code | 0116 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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Abbey[3] is one of twenty one electoral districts and ward[4] within the Leicester City Council unitary area of Leicester in Leicestershire, England.[5] It had a population of 22,105 at the 2021 Census.
Geography
[edit]The ward encompasses the northern parts of the city and covers the suburb of Wolsey Island and a small part of the village of Birstall in the Charnwood Borough, which is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area.
Demographics
[edit]At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 22,105. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
| Abbey: Ethnicity: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Ethnic group | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 11,221 | 50.8% | |||||||||||
| Asian or Asian British | 6,691 | 30.3% | |||||||||||
| Black or Black British | 2,055 | 9.3% | |||||||||||
| Mixed | 968 | 4.4% | |||||||||||
| Other Ethnic Group | 957 | 4.3% | |||||||||||
| Arab | 214 | 1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 22,105 | 100% | |||||||||||
The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:
| Abbey: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | 7,242 | 34.9% | |||||||||||
| Irreligious | 5,921 | 28.6% | |||||||||||
| Hindu | 3,572 | 17.2% | |||||||||||
| Muslim | 2,925 | 14.1% | |||||||||||
| Sikh | 804 | 3.9% | |||||||||||
| Other religion | 149 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
| Buddhist | 105 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
| Jewish | 7 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 22,105 | 100% | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Leicester City Council | Library". cabinet.leicester.gov.uk. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Abbey (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ Herbert, Joanna (22 April 2016). Negotiating Boundaries in the City: Migration, Ethnicity, and Gender in Britain. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-08944-5.
- ^ Club, Saturday Walkers. "Abbey (Leicester) ward map - SWC". Saturday Walkers Club. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ Chapman, Simon (18 June 1998). Complete Geography. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-913398-7.
