Abbey Demographics (Derby, England)

Abbey is a ward in Derby of East Midlands, England.

In the 2011 census the population of Abbey was 15,334 and is made up of approximately 49% females and 51% males.

The average age of people in Abbey is 34, while the median age is lower at 29.

77.0% of people living in Abbey were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.2% Pakistan, 2.7% India, 1.2% Ireland, 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% Zimbabwe, 0.7% Wales, 0.6% Jamaica, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Northern Ireland.

85.6% of people living in Abbey speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Polish, 1.9% Panjabi, 1.7% Urdu, 0.8% Latvian, 0.5% Slovak, 0.5% Kurdish, 0.4% Arabic, 0.4% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.3% Russian.

The religious make up of Abbey is 44.6% Christian, 30.9% No religion, 10.6% Muslim, 3.3% Sikh, 1.3% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Jewish. 1,118 people did not state a religion. 93 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

27.8% of people are married, 14.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 40.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 9.2% are separated or divorced. There are 804 widowed people living in Abbey.

The top occupations listed by people in Abbey are Professional 16.4%, Elementary 15.6%, Elementary administration and service 13.2%, Associate professional and technical 11.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 11.0%, Sales and customer service 10.5%, Process, plant and machine operatives 9.5%, Administrative and secretarial 9.3%, Sales 8.5%, Caring personal service 8.4%.