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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
125
Population
325
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚SN12 6AS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
325
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
62
Married
169
Civil partnership
1
Separated
6
Divorced
11
Widowed
19

Health

Population
325
Very good
154
Good
125
Fair
33
Bad
10
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚SN12 6AS❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
59
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
325
White British
316
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
325
England
297
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
9
Ireland
2
Italy
2
Poland
1
Romania
2
Hong Kong
2
India
2
Philippines
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
325
Christian
262
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
46
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
175
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
27
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
22
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚SN12 6AS❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
51
Self employed
15
Unemployed
2
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
4
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
2
Detached
60
Semi detached
66
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
24
Two people
50
Three people
16
Four people
24
Five people
9
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