Melksham: National identity - UK

Location Type: Civil Parishes, ONS Geographic Code: E04013041

Key Facts

All Residents	16,274
Male	7,929
Female	8,338
Households	7,123

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Civil Parishes. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Melksham. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Related Census Areas
Is within
- South West
  Regions
- Wiltshire
  Unitary Authorities
Borders with
- Melksham Without
  Civil Parishes
- Broughton Gifford
  Civil Parishes
Overlaps with
- Output Area at ST921640
  Output Areas
- Wiltshire 021I
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wiltshire 021H
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at ST917644
  Output Areas
- Output Area at ST920636
  Output Areas
- Output Area at ST929631
  Output Areas
- Output Area at ST913626
  Output Areas
- Melksham
  Built Up Areas
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Bowerhill, Atworth & Whitley
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Wiltshire 021G
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
Contains
- Melksham North
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Melksham South
  Middle layer Super Output Areas

Table Code	ts027
Issued	2023-01-11
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	17

Description
Data
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their national identity. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Someone’s national identity is a self-determined assessment of their own identity, it could be the country or countries where they feel they belong or think of as home. It is not dependent on ethnic group or citizenship.

Respondents could select more than one national identity.

Quality Statement

The increase since the 2011 Census in people identifying as “British” and fall in people identifying as “English” may partly reflect true changes in self-perception. It is also likely to reflect that “British” replaced “English” as the first response option listed on the questionnaire in England.

More information at the ONS website

National identity: Total: All usual residents	16,268
British only identity	9,158
English only identity	3,057
English and British only identity	2,991
Welsh only identity	91
Welsh and British only identity	59
Any other combination of only UK identities	147
Scottish only identity	51
Scottish and British only identity	41
Northern Irish only identity	9
Northern Irish and British only identity	12
Cornish only identity	6
Cornish and British only identity	0
Any other combination of only UK identities	28
Irish only identity	27
Irish and at least one UK identity	12
Other identity only	554
Other identity and at least one UK identity	172
Non-UK identity only	581
UK identity and non-UK identity	184

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Melksham. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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