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Melton Borough Council

Local authority area: Melton

Melton is a district council in Leicestershire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 481.4 km² and had 52,433 residents in 2022 — about 109 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Melton Mowbray.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Melton, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202252,433+3.2% since 2012

Land area481.4km²185.9 sq mi

Density109/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#375of 382 UK councils · #314 in England

Population estimates4 data points

50.8K50.9K51.1K52.4K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Melton became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Leicestershire

All councils in East Midlands

Charnwood184,748 Hinckley and Bosworth114,298 North West Leicestershire107,672 Blaby104,182 Harborough100,481 Oadby and Wigston58,341

Elections

16 electoral wards

Census 2021: 51,752 residents in 22,599 households across the wards; 23.5% aged 65+, 71.0% of homes owned, 13.1% of households without a car.

1Melton Sysonby2,265 households · 20.2% aged 65+5,539 2Melton Dorian2,493 households · 20.2% aged 65+5,515 3Melton Newport2,487 households · 25.6% aged 65+5,382 4Long Clawson and Stathern1,798 households · 23.6% aged 65+4,213 5Melton Egerton1,717 households · 18.5% aged 65+4,120 6Bottesford1,639 households · 29.4% aged 65+3,687

All wards of Melton

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

PAsfordby Parish CouncilParish council · Melton Mowbray LE14 3SA · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Melton and Syston · 16 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1853349 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.