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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
119
Population
274
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
England❚SN12 6JH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
274
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
38%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
32%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
243
Single
40
Married
161
Separated
1
Divorced
18
Widowed
23

Health

Population
274
Very good
81
Good
118
Fair
55
Bad
17
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
243
England❚SN12 6JH❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
Apprenticeship
40
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
77

Ethnicity

Population
274
White British
262
White Irish
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Asian Bangladeshi
7
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
274
England
259
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Bangladesh
4
India
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
274
Christian
196
Buddhist
1
Muslim
7
Other
3
No religion
45
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
109
Manufacturing
25
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
198
England❚SN12 6JH❚
Full-Time employee
68
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
11
Unemployed
2
Retired
64
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
16
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
77
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
122
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
3
Detached
41
Semi detached
77
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
29
Two people
54
Three people
17
Four people
13
Five people
3
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

SN12 6UU SN12 6UT SN12 6UY SN12 6UD SN12 6UE SN12 6UL SN12 6UX SN12 6UZ

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