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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
173
Population
432
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚SN12 6DH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
432
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
332
Single
88
Married
187
Separated
9
Divorced
29
Widowed
19

Health

Population
432
Very good
192
Good
164
Fair
55
Bad
15
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
332
England❚SN12 6DH❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
53
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
Apprenticeship
60
Other qualifications
14
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
432
White British
407
White Irish
1
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
432
England
392
Scotland
9
Wales
7
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
3
Poland
7
Kenya
1
Hong Kong
3
India
2
Philippines
1
USA
2

Religion

Population
432
Christian
278
Other
3
No religion
120
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
199
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
25
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
44
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
9
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
290
England❚SN12 6DH❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
54
Self employed
35
Unemployed
4
Retired
45
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
173
Owned outright
68
Owned with mortgage
67
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
176
Occupied
173
Unoccupied
3
Detached
49
Semi detached
87
Terraced
36
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
173
One person
37
Two people
69
Three people
27
Four people
26
Five people
12
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