Salisbury
Salisbury Community Area, located in the south east of Wiltshire, is made up of Salisbury City, and is the only one of Wiltshire’s 20 community area’s that it not made up of rural areas surrounding a market town. The city is the largest single urban settlement in the county and the third most populous community area after Chippenham and Trowbridge. Geographically, it is the smallest community area in Wiltshire at only 19 kilometres squared.
With its Cathedral and its proximity to the internationally famous World Heritage Site of Stonehenge, Salisbury is a very popular tourist destination. As well as these world famous landmarks, Salisbury’s attractive medieval town centre, laid out in its original grid system, popular market, plentiful museums and attractions provide a wide range of things for visitors to see. Salisbury Community Area is an area steeped in history.
Today, Salisbury acts as an important centre of business, leisure, retail and services. It provides a great deal of employment and serves a wide catchment area made up of many of the surrounding smaller towns.
Population
Wiltshire as a whole is a fairly affluent local authority, however there are pockets of deprivation. A map of deprivation in Salisbury Community Area is provided below.
IMD Map
The Index of Multiple Deprivation uses a collection of indicators grouped into seven Deprivation Domains to provide a relative estimate of deprivation within England. These domains are weighted to indicate their impact on deprivation and are collated to provide a single Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).
For more information about deprivation, please click here.
Information pack
The information pack highlights key data across 9 different themes for Salisbury Community Area. You can download a PDF version of the information pack by clicking below.