Abbey Demographics (Wycombe, England)

Abbey is a ward in Wycombe of South East, England and includes areas of Cressex Business Park, Sands, Castlefield, Cressex, West Wycombe, Totteridge, Micklefield, Bowerdean, Downley, Downley Common, Terriers, Booker, West Wycombe Village and Sands Industrial Estate.

In the 2011 census the population of Abbey was 10,365 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Abbey is 35, while the median age is lower at 31.

70.2% of people living in Abbey were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 6.3% Pakistan, 2.2% India, 1.5% Scotland, 1.0% Wales, 0.9% Sri Lanka, 0.9% Zimbabwe, 0.8% Ireland, 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% South Africa.

84.1% of people living in Abbey speak English. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Urdu, 3.1% Polish, 2.6% Panjabi, 0.6% Bengali, 0.5% All other Chinese, 0.5% Tamil, 0.5% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% French.

The religious make up of Abbey is 48.2% Christian, 20.6% No religion, 18.7% Muslim, 2.8% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 0.9% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic. 690 people did not state a religion. 49 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 3 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

46.5% of people are married, 8.9% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.0% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 6.2% are separated or divorced. There are 327 widowed people living in Abbey.

The top occupations listed by people in Abbey are Professional 22.7%, Associate professional and technical 13.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 11.7%, Administrative and secretarial 10.8%, Sales and customer service 10.5%, Elementary 9.0%, Sales 8.7%, Elementary administration and service 8.4%, Skilled trades 8.4%, Corporate managers and directors 8.1%.