marketing, creative industries etc. Planning – the council is not the planning authority for Corsham but makes recommendations to Wiltshire Council on applications. Population and demography The first official census of 1801 showed Corsham having 2,402 inhabitants, while that of 2011 recorded exactly 13,000. The increase shown for 1840 is due to the influx of stone workers and the arrival of the Great Western Railway. No census was taken in 1941 due to the Second World War, but the jump in population (from 3,754 in 1931 to 9,268 in 1951, an increase of 147%) is attributable to the influx of military personnel. The 2001 census demographics of the SN13 postcode area, of which Corsham comprises the major part, did not differ markedly from national figures; the unemployment rate was 2.0 per cent compared to a national 3.2 per cent, and there was a marginally higher rate of retirees (at 23.3 per cent as against 22 per cent). 23 per cent of adults are educated to degree level, against a national average of 20 per cent. Education Corsham has four primary schools, an independent preparatory school and a large secondary school. The primary schools, catering for students up to age 11, are: Corsham Primary School, split between Pound Pill and Broadwood Avenue, was formed from Lady Methuen's School for Girls (founded 1816), the National School for Girls (c.1840s) and Corsham British School for Boys (c.1840). These schools came under the aegis of the Corsham School Board in 1893 and were finally merged in 1923. It now provides for about 600 students. Corsham Regis Primary Academy, Kings Avenue, opened in 1943 for the children of incoming military workers. It became a junior school in 1955 when older children transferred to the Corsham Secondary Modern School, and now has about 180 students. Neston Primary School, Church Rise, Neston, was founded in 1861 as Corshamside School. It now provides for about 170 students. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Lacock Road, opened in 1966 and is a Voluntary aided school with about 200 pupils. Lypiatt Primary School, within a Ministry of Defence site near Neston, to the south of Corsham, was opened in 1951 to cater for children of MoD employees. It closed in 2019. Two schools outside the parish take pupils from Corsham: Box CE (VC) Primary School and Shaw CE Primary School. The Corsham School, The Tynings, is Corsham's only secondary school; it