Abbey, Leicester

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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.
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Abbey [4]
Location within Leicestershire
Population22,105 (2021 Census Ward Profile) [5]
OS grid reference SK5839005900
  London 101 mi (163 km)  SE
Civil parish
  • Unparished
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LEICESTER
Postcode district LE4
Dialling code 0116
Police Leicestershire
Fire Leicestershire
Ambulance East Midlands
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Nags Agath(Independent)
  • Charleigh Barnes(Conservative)
  • Annette Byrne(Labour)
List of places
UK
England
Leicestershire
52°39′06″N1°08′20″W / 52.651553°N 1.138779°W / 52.651553; -1.138779

Abbey [6] is one of twenty one electoral districts and ward [7] within the Leicester City Council unitary area of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. [8] It had a population of 22,105 at the 2021 Census.

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Geography

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

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 groupPopulation %
White11,22150.8%
Asian or Asian British6,69130.3%
Black or Black British2,0559.3%
Mixed9684.4%
Other Ethnic Group9574.3%
Arab2141%
Total22,105100%

The religious composition of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:

Abbey: Religion: 2021 Census
ReligiousPopulation %
Christian7,24234.9%
Irreligious5,92128.6%
Hindu3,57217.2%
Muslim2,92514.1%
Sikh8043.9%
Other religion1490.7%
Buddhist1050.5%
Jewish70.1%
Total22,105100%

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  6. Herbert, Joanna (22 April 2016). Negotiating Boundaries in the City: Migration, Ethnicity, and Gender in Britain. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-08944-5.
  7. Club, Saturday Walkers. "Abbey (Leicester) ward map - SWC". Saturday Walkers Club. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  8. Chapman, Simon (18 June 1998). Complete Geography. OUP Oxford. ISBN   978-0-19-913398-7.