at the 2001 uk census, the wye electoral ward had a population of 2,405. the ethnicity was 94.9% white, 1.5% mixed race, 1.8% asian, 1.2% black and 0.6% other. the place of birth of residents was 85.4% united kingdom, 1.1% republic of ireland, 4.5% other western european countries, and 9% elsewhere. religion was recorded as 75.2% christian, 0.4% buddhist, 0.4% hindu, 0% sikh and 0.2% jewish, 1.1% muslim. 15.3% were recorded as having no religion, 0.2% had an alternative religion and 7.2% did not state their religion.