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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
123
Population
298
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚SN12 6AX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
298
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
259
Single
58
Married
168
Separated
3
Divorced
17
Widowed
13

Health

Population
298
Very good
139
Good
115
Fair
37
Bad
5
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
259
England❚SN12 6AX❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
39
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
18
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
298
White British
290
White Irish
2
White Other
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
298
England
278
Scotland
4
Wales
5
Ireland
2
Italy
1
Poland
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
298
Christian
222
Buddhist
3
Other
2
No religion
58
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
157
Manufacturing
26
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
34
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
11
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
233
England❚SN12 6AX❚
Full-Time employee
94
Part-Time employee
33
Self employed
24
Unemployed
6
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
55
Shared ownership
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
2
Detached
65
Semi detached
38
Terraced
22

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
21
Two people
59
Three people
19
Four people
19
Five people
4
Six people
1

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