Abbeygate Demographics (St Edmundsbury, England)

Abbeygate is a ward in St Edmundsbury of East of England, England and includes areas of Westley.

In the 2011 census the population of Abbeygate was 4,993 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Abbeygate is 43, while the median age is lower at 41.

83.5% of people living in Abbeygate were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 3.0% United States, 1.6% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.5% India, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% North Africa.

94.6% of people living in Abbeygate speak English. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% Polish, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.3% Slovak, 0.3% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.2% French, 0.2% Romanian, 0.1% Swedish, 0.1% Turkish, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Abbeygate is 57.9% Christian, 32.3% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Humanist, 0.1% Atheist. 367 people did not state a religion. 26 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

36.3% of people are married, 14.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 1.5% live with a partner of the same sex, 27.5% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 11.8% are separated or divorced. There are 395 widowed people living in Abbeygate.

The top occupations listed by people in Abbeygate are Professional 19.7%, Associate professional and technical 14.6%, Managers, directors and senior officials 12.9%, Skilled trades 10.0%, Administrative and secretarial 9.9%, Caring, leisure and other service 9.6%, Elementary 8.9%, Sales and customer service 8.3%, Elementary administration and service 8.0%, Corporate managers and directors 7.8%.