Electoral wardE05016254
Melksham South ward, Wiltshire
Melksham South is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,035 residents in 1,893 households — 3,852 people per km², the 90th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melksham and Devizes constituency.
Residents, 20214,035council ward average 5,199
Households1,8932.13 residents per household
Density3,852/ km²about 1.05 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+29.7%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 160
5–94.3% · 174
10–155.7% · 229
16–193.0% · 123
20–244.5% · 181
25–3411.1% · 448
35–4915.0% · 607
50–6422.6% · 914
65–7414.1% · 568
75–8410.7% · 432
85+5.0% · 200
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.6% · 332
1 car or van39.8% · 752
2 cars or vans29.7% · 561
3 or more13.0% · 245
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright48.6% · 920
With mortgage28.6% · 541
Shared ownership0.5% · 9
Social rented7.8% · 147
Private rented14.6% · 276
Type of home
Detached house30.8% · 583
Semi-detached house37.4% · 707
Terraced house14.2% · 268
Purpose-built flat13.0% · 245
Converted house1.7% · 33
Other conversion1.3% · 25
Above shop / office1.4% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016254- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Melksham
Council offices in this ward
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 Forest23.9% aged 65+ · 59.6% owned6,092
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.