Borough of Swindon

Borough of Swindon
Borough of Swindon
Unitary authority area and borough
	Shown within Wiltshire
	Coordinates: 51°33′47″N 1°45′47″W / 51.563°N 1.763°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Status	Unitary authority
Admin HQ	Swindon
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	Swindon Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Labour)
• MPs	Heidi Alexander (L); Will Stone (L); Danny Kruger (C)
Area
• Total	88.84 sq mi (230.10 km2)
• Rank	137th (of 296)
Population (2022)
• Total	235,657
• Rank	79th (of 296)
• Density	2,700/sq mi (1,000/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 81.5% White ; 11.6% Asian ; 2.8% Mixed ; 2.6% other ; 1.5% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 46.6% Christianity ; 40.5% no religion ; 5.6% not stated ; 2.7% Islam ; 2.5% Hinduism ; 0.7% Buddhism ; 0.6% other ; 0.6% Sikhism ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166	GB-SWD
ONS code	00HX (ONS) E06000030 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU164849
Website	Official website

The Borough of Swindon is a unitary authority area with borough status in Wiltshire, England. Centred on Swindon, it is the most north-easterly district of South West England.