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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
127
Population
329
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚SN12 6FR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
21
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
329
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
244
Single
57
Married
146
Separated
6
Divorced
23
Widowed
12

Health

Population
329
Very good
183
Good
97
Fair
40
Bad
6
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
244
England❚SN12 6FR❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
73
Other qualifications
3
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
329
White British
320
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
329
England
310
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
China
1
Philippines
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
329
Christian
189
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
124
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
175
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
23
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
13
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
232
England❚SN12 6FR❚
Full-Time employee
106
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
24
Unemployed
4
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
60
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
9

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
1
Detached
42
Semi detached
40
Terraced
45
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
27
Two people
45
Three people
19
Four people
25
Five people
11

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