Electoral wardE05016253
Melksham Forest ward, Wiltshire
Melksham Forest is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,092 residents in 2,666 households — 3,040 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melksham and Devizes constituency.
Residents, 20216,092council ward average 5,199
Households2,6662.29 residents per household
Density3,040/ km²about 2.00 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+23.9%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 301
5–96.0% · 365
10–156.8% · 417
16–193.9% · 236
20–245.1% · 313
25–3412.2% · 743
35–4917.0% · 1,038
50–6420.0% · 1,220
65–7411.5% · 698
75–848.4% · 513
85+4.1% · 247
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.6% · 496
1 car or van44.5% · 1,186
2 cars or vans26.1% · 695
3 or more10.8% · 289
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright34.9% · 930
With mortgage24.7% · 658
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented25.4% · 678
Private rented14.6% · 390
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house17.5% · 466
Semi-detached house46.0% · 1,228
Terraced house22.4% · 597
Purpose-built flat10.5% · 281
Converted house1.6% · 44
Other conversion0.6% · 17
Above shop / office1.3% · 36
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016253- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Melksham
Other wards in the same constituency
BBowerhill19.7% aged 65+ · 77.6% owned4,339BBox & Colerne23.0% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned5,444BBradford-on-Avon North27.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned5,949BBradford-on-Avon South30.2% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned4,457BBromham, Rowde & Roundway23.2% aged 65+ · 67.7% owned5,034CCalne Rural23.3% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned5,243CCalne South24.5% aged 65+ · 82.5% owned3,502DDevizes East21.5% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned6,060DDevizes North30.2% aged 65+ · 46.2% owned4,026DDevizes Rural West26.8% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned4,860DDevizes South27.1% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned4,943HHolt22.7% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,881MMelksham East12.1% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned5,233MMelksham South29.7% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,035
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.