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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
322
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚SN12 6FY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
20
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
240
Single
86
Married
118
Separated
3
Divorced
23
Widowed
10

Health

Population
322
Very good
184
Good
101
Fair
22
Bad
10
Very bad
23

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
240
England❚SN12 6FY❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
51
Other qualifications
11
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
300
White Irish
3
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
281
Scotland
5
Wales
14
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Poland
3
China
2
Bangladesh
2
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
4

Religion

Population
322
Christian
165
Buddhist
6
Muslim
3
Other
3
No religion
112
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
168
Mining
1
Manufacturing
31
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
13
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
226
England❚SN12 6FY❚
Full-Time employee
105
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
19
Unemployed
11
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
127
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
59
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
32
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
128
Occupied
127
Unoccupied
1
Detached
17
Semi detached
58
Terraced
49
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
127
One person
31
Two people
38
Three people
26
Four people
24
Five people
7
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