Electoral wardE05013449
Melksham Without West & Rural ward, Wiltshire
Melksham Without West & Rural is one of 98 electoral wards of Wiltshire Council (South West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,747 residents in 2,049 households — 129 people per km², the 67th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Melksham and Devizes constituency.
Residents, 20214,747council ward average 5,199
Households2,0492.32 residents per household
Density129/ km²about 36.74 km² · Wiltshire 157
Aged 65+27.1%Wiltshire: 21.8% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 220
5–95.5% · 263
10–156.3% · 297
16–193.3% · 157
20–243.8% · 181
25–349.1% · 434
35–4916.3% · 774
50–6423.9% · 1,135
65–7414.1% · 669
75–8410.3% · 490
85+2.7% · 128
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.6% · 156
1 car or van34.9% · 714
2 cars or vans39.9% · 818
3 or more17.6% · 360
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wiltshire overall: 66.9% owned, 14.6% social rented, 17.3% private rented.
Owned outright45.1% · 923
With mortgage33.4% · 684
Shared ownership0.6% · 12
Social rented9.4% · 193
Private rented11.4% · 234
Type of home
Detached house48.7% · 998
Semi-detached house32.3% · 663
Terraced house12.6% · 258
Purpose-built flat1.2% · 25
Converted house0.5% · 10
Other conversion0.8% · 16
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile3.8% · 78
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013449- Council
- Wiltshire Council
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Region
- South West
- Density rank in council
- 68 of 98
Parishes in the ward
Broughton GiffordGreat HintonKeevilMelksham WithoutSemingtonSteeple Ashton
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 v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.