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Administrative Areas

Ward
Abbey
Local Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading East
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
130
Population
340
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
118
England❚RG1 8XY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
48
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
340
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
277
Single
136
Married
98
Civil partnership
6
Separated
3
Divorced
24
Widowed
10

Health

Population
340
Very good
170
Good
143
Fair
24
Bad
2
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
277
England❚RG1 8XY❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
116
Other qualifications
28
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
340
White British
189
White Irish
6
White Other
44
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
12
Asian Pakistani
21
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
31
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
4
Black Other
4
Other
8

Country of Birth

Population
340
England
211
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
5
Wales
7
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
1
Spain
3
Lithuania
3
Poland
13
Turkey
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
6
Bangladesh
2
India
11
Pakistan
12
Sri Lanka
1
Philippines
1
USA
2
South America
3
Carribean
5
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
340
Christian
151
Buddhist
16
Hindu
17
Jewish
1
Muslim
34
Sikh
6
Other
1
No religion
93
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
220
Mining
1
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
33
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
20
Information and communication
42
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
16
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
15
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
267
England❚RG1 8XY❚
Full-Time employee
155
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
18
Unemployed
8
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
46
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
9
Detached
6
Semi detached
18
Terraced
103
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
34
Two people
36
Three people
27
Four people
19
Five people
11
Six people
1
Eight or over
2

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019