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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
124
Population
299
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚SN12 6BP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
299
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
256
Single
69
Married
145
Separated
5
Divorced
24
Widowed
13

Health

Population
299
Very good
128
Good
124
Fair
39
Bad
5
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
256
England❚SN12 6BP❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
54
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
299
White British
278
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Asian Other
3
Black African
3

Country of Birth

Population
299
England
270
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
6
Ireland
1
Germany
4
Poland
5
Kenya
1
Bangladesh
2
India
1
Philippines
2

Religion

Population
299
Christian
173
Buddhist
1
Hindu
2
Muslim
6
No religion
81
Not stated
36

Industry

Population
152
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
22
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
20
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
233
England❚SN12 6BP❚
Full-Time employee
90
Part-Time employee
39
Self employed
20
Unemployed
4
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
59
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
1
Detached
33
Semi detached
82
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
24
Two people
54
Three people
22
Four people
20
Five people
3
Six people
1

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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