Population
Area Boards bring decision making into the heart of the community. There are 18 Area Boards across Wiltshire, with each one holding delegated powers and devolved budgets to facilitate community action at a local level. Residents and local organisations are encouraged to engage with their local Area Board by contacting their local Councillor or Strategic Engagement and Partnership Manager or by attending one of the local business meetings, community events, working groups or activities.
Area Boards exist to work alongside other organisations to make things happen in the community. These groups can include town and parish councils, voluntary and community groups, youth organisations, sports clubs and local charities. Area Boards wouldn't be able to achieve what they do without these partners working on the ground with them. The Area Boards host regular business meetings, engagement activities, events, surveys and working groups to stimulate and support local community action.
Area Boards agree local priorities based on local data and intelligence. They discuss the priorities with their local communities and then work hard with local residents and partners to develop projects that will address them.
This section of the Community Area Joint Strategic Needs Assessment provides headline information on population by age and on population change since 2011, in our different Area Boards, as well as information on our Armed Forces personnel. It also hosts Wiltshire's 2021 Census Area Board Population Profile, which provides detailed population data by small age band, as well as a range of other key Census indicators for the local areas.
The CAJSNA information is primarily shown in interactive charts. These allow the user to hover over them and show extra detail within a tooltip, as well as the ability to remove indicators by deselecting them from the legend.
Population
The chart below shows the numbers of people, by broad age band, living in the different community areas, at the time of the 2021 Census.
Definition: Number of people by age band. Census data published at Output Area (OA) level and assigned to Area Board based on the location of the OA's population-weighted centroid.
Data source and time period: Office for National Statistics, 2021 Census. Table RM121 Sex by age. March 2021.