Abbey Demographics (Test Valley, England)

Abbey is a ward in Test Valley of South East, England and includes areas of Mainstone, Luzborough, Broadlands Park, Romsey Extra, The Causeway, Broadlands, The Market Place, The Cornmarket, Greatbridge, The Meads, The Hundred, Horsefair, The Abbey and Shootash.

In the 2011 census the population of Abbey was 4,625 and is made up of approximately 55% females and 45% males.

The average age of people in Abbey is 49, while the median age is higher at 51.

88.1% of people living in Abbey were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.8% Scotland, 1.7% Wales, 1.0% Philippines, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% India, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% South America.

96.4% of people living in Abbey speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.9% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% French, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Portuguese.

The religious make up of Abbey is 65.7% Christian, 23.7% No religion, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.5% Muslim, 0.4% Jewish, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Atheist, 0.1% Humanist. 361 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

42.9% of people are married, 9.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.3% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.5% are separated or divorced. There are 355 widowed people living in Abbey.

The top occupations listed by people in Abbey are Professional 23.8%, Associate professional and technical 12.5%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.6%, Skilled trades 11.2%, Caring, leisure and other service 10.3%, Elementary 9.7%, Administrative and secretarial 8.7%, Elementary administration and service 8.6%, Caring personal service 8.1%, Corporate managers and directors 7.3%.