| Official Name: | Abbey[1] |
| Councillor1: | Nags Agath |
| Party1: | Independent |
| Councillor2: | Charleigh Barnes |
| Party2: | Conservative |
| Councillor3: | Annette Byrne |
| Party3: | Labour |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.6516°N -1.1388°W |
| Map Type: | Leicestershire |
| Static Image Caption: | Clockwise from top: Leicester Abbey ruins, Red Hill Way and Leicester North railway station on the Great Central Railway. |
| Population: | 22,105 |
| Population Ref: | (2021 Census Ward Profile)[2] |
| Shire District: | Leicester |
| Shire County: | Leicestershire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Leicester |
| Civil Parish: | Unparished |
| Post Town: | LEICESTER |
| Postcode District: | LE4 |
| Postcode Area: | LE |
| Dial Code: | 0116 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SK5839005900 |
| London Distance Mi: | 101 |
| London Direction: | SE |
Abbey[3] is one of twenty one electoral districts and ward[4] within the Leicester City Council unitary area of Leicester in Leicestershire, England.[5] It had a population of 22,105 at the 2021 Census.
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.
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 group | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 11,221 | 50.8% | |||||||||||
| Asian or Asian British | 6,691 | 30.3% | |||||||||||
| Black or Black British | 2,055 | 9.3% | |||||||||||
| Mixed | 968 | 4.4% | |||||||||||
| Other Ethnic Group | 957 | 4.3% | |||||||||||
| Arab | 214 | 1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 22,105 | 100% | |||||||||||
| Abbey: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | 7,242 | 34.9% | |||||||||||
| Irreligious | 5,921 | 28.6% | |||||||||||
| Hindu | 3,572 | 17.2% | |||||||||||
| Muslim | 2,925 | 14.1% | |||||||||||
| Sikh | 804 | 3.9% | |||||||||||
| Other religion | 149 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
| Buddhist | 105 | 0.5% | |||||||||||
| Jewish | 7 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 22,105 | 100% | |||||||||||