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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002834

Abbey Park

Abbey Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,926 residents in Leicester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Leicester
11,926

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,699

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,776.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.0%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Stopsley South & Round Green, Luton10,774 residents · 64.1% owned · 18.7% no carNorth Tividale, Sandwell10,330 residents · 56.9% owned · 25.8% no carBeeston East, Leeds8,370 residents · 60.0% owned · 32.9% no carWhitley & Tollbar End, Coventry9,426 residents · 52.4% owned · 27.4% no carWest Town & Woodston, Peterborough12,527 residents · 48.8% owned · 26.2% no carMilton & Chalk, Gravesham11,586 residents · 56.7% owned · 19.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Abbey Park

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned56.8%
2,669 households
Private rented33.3%
1,565 households
Social rented9.3%
438 households
Shared ownership0.6%
26 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.7%
2,243 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement28.6%
1,345 households
Terraced11%
515 households
Detached10.1%
474 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
60 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
36 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
27 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.4%
2,089 households
No cars or vans in household28.1%
1,321 households
2 cars or vans in household20.9%
983 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.6%
308 households
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.9%
2,254 households
2 bedrooms27.5%
1,292 households
1 bedroom12.5%
589 households
4 or more bedrooms12%
566 households
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.7%
2,808 households
One-person household29%
1,364 households
Other household types11.3%
529 households
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.6%
1,438 households
1 person in household29%
1,364 households
3 people in household17.3%
814 households
4 people in household14.4%
676 households
5 people in household5.4%
253 households
6 people in household2.1%
97 households
7 people in household0.7%
31 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
28 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
2,076 residents
15–2922.9%
2,737 residents
30–4423.8%
2,843 residents
45–6421.5%
2,561 residents
65 and over14.3%
1,710 residents
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White48.6%
5,798 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh36.1%
4,303 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.7%
801 residents
Other ethnic group5.2%
617 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%
406 residents
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30%
2,915 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.2%
2,155 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.3%
1,584 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12%
1,166 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
969 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
500 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.3%
420 residents aged 16 and over
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.8%
5,904 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.4%
3,441 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.8%
366 residents aged 16 and over
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.3%
2,069 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.9%
1,446 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12%
1,168 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
1,084 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11%
1,070 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.6%
839 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.1%
783 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.4%
720 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
530 residents aged 16 and over
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.7%
5,926 residents
Good health34.3%
4,086 residents
Fair health12%
1,426 residents
Bad health3%
360 residents
Very bad health1.1%
131 residents
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
10,329 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
1,600 residents
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.9%
2,254 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
1,669 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.9%
654 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
118 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Abbey Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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