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Administrative Areas

Ward
Melksham South
Local Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
119
Population
296
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚SN12 6AF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
296
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
230
Single
77
Married
105
Separated
12
Divorced
20
Widowed
16

Health

Population
296
Very good
161
Good
92
Fair
36
Bad
6
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
230
England❚SN12 6AF❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
58
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
296
White British
281
White Other
13
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
296
England
268
Scotland
7
Wales
4
Germany
2
Italy
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
8
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
296
Christian
178
Other
1
No religion
89
Not stated
28

Industry

Population
173
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
15
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚SN12 6AF❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
26
Unemployed
5
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
4
Detached
19
Semi detached
72
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
17

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
34
Two people
31
Three people
26
Four people
20
Five people
6
Six people
2

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019