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Administrative Areas

Ward
Melksham Central
Local Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
114
Population
256
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
94
England❚SN12 6HB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
32
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
256
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
212
Single
71
Married
93
Separated
11
Divorced
28
Widowed
9

Health

Population
256
Very good
129
Good
72
Fair
35
Bad
15
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
212
England❚SN12 6HB❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
59
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
256
White British
238
White Gypsy
5
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Asian Indian
3
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
256
England
240
Scotland
3
Wales
1
France
1
Poland
2
India
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
256
Christian
149
Buddhist
2
Hindu
3
Other
1
No religion
80
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
139
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
16
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚SN12 6HB❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
26
Unemployed
7
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
13
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
28
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
6
Detached
27
Semi detached
23
Terraced
43
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
9
Flat - in commerical building
5
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
45
Two people
29
Three people
22
Four people
14
Five people
3
Seven 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