Abbey Demographics (South Norfolk, England)

Abbey is a ward in South Norfolk of East of England, England and includes areas of The Spur Industrial Estate, Ayton Road Industrial Estate, Wramplingham and Harts Farm.

In the 2011 census the population of Abbey was 2,849 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Abbey is 46, while the median age is higher at 47.

91.9% of people living in Abbey were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.3% Scotland, 0.5% Wales, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% United States, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Australia.

98.1% of people living in Abbey speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.3% Bulgarian, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Cantonese Chinese, 0.2% French, 0.1% German, 0.1% Malay, 0.1% Hungarian, 0.1% Bengali, 0.1% Dutch.

The religious make up of Abbey is 60.5% Christian, 28.7% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Sikh. 252 people did not state a religion. 8 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

44.9% of people are married, 13.3% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 18.8% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.2% are separated or divorced. There are 220 widowed people living in Abbey.

The top occupations listed by people in Abbey are Professional 18.2%, Associate professional and technical 13.8%, Elementary 11.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.5%, Administrative and secretarial 11.4%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Elementary administration and service 9.2%, Administrative 8.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.1%, Sales and customer service 7.9%.