Melksham: Religion

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	ts030
Issued	2022-11-29
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	10

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

Summary

The religion people connect or identify with (their religious affiliation), whether or not they practice or have belief in it.

This question was voluntary and includes people who identified with one of 8 tick-box response options, including ‘No religion’, alongside those who chose not to answer this question.

Religion: Total: All usual residents	16,272
No religion	7,470
Christian	7,453
Buddhist	68
Hindu	55
Jewish	12
Muslim	131
Sikh	21
Other religion	76
Not answered	986

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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