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Wiltshire Council

Local authority area: Wiltshire

Wiltshire is an unitary authority, in the South West England region of England. It covers 3,255.3 km² and had 515,885 residents in 2022 — about 158 people per km².

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Wiltshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022515,885+8.2% since 2012

Land area3,255.3km²1,256.9 sq mi

Density158/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#34of 382 UK councils · #32 in England

Population estimates4 data points

476.8K486.1K498.1K515.9K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

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Predecessors
Wiltshire, Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, West Wiltshire

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South West

All councils in South West

Somerset576,852 Cornwall575,413 City of Bristol479,024 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole401,898 Dorset383,274 South Gloucestershire294,765 City of Plymouth266,862 Swindon235,657 North Somerset219,145 Bath and North East Somerset195,618 Torbay139,479 Isles of Scilly2,281

Elections

98 electoral wards

Census 2021: 509,494 residents in 214,519 households across the wards; 21.8% aged 65+, 66.9% of homes owned, 13.0% of households without a car.

1Lyneham2,246 households · 14.2% aged 65+7,489 2Tidworth North & West2,247 households · 4.3% aged 65+7,301 3Tidworth East & Ludgershall South2,187 households · 5.0% aged 65+7,107 4Westbury North3,221 households · 19.4% aged 65+7,095 5Amesbury East & Bulford2,277 households · 9.0% aged 65+6,944 6Purton2,662 households · 17.2% aged 65+6,855

All wards of Wiltshire

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Council offices

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

TCalne Town HallTown hall · Calne SN11 0EN · hours listed TMelksham Town HallTown hall · Melksham SN12 6EX · hours listed TMalmesbury Town CouncilTown council · Malmesbury SN16 9BZ · hours listed TMelksham Town CouncilTown council · Melksham SN12 6ES · hours listed TRoyal Wootton Bassett Town CouncilTown council · Swindon SN4 7JG · hours listed PLydiard Millicent Parish CouncilParish council · Swindon SN5 3NH PPurton Parish CouncilParish council · Swindon SN5 4AJ · hours listed PRedlynch Parish CouncilParish council · Salisbury SP5 2PG · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Chippenham · 21 wards Melksham and Devizes · 20 wards South West Wiltshire · 19 wards Salisbury · 18 wards East Wiltshire · 15 wards South Cotswolds · 9 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21694746 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.