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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
202
Population
399
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
141
England❚SN12 6LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
44

Age Groups

Population
399
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
333
Single
108
Married
108
Civil partnership
2
Separated
11
Divorced
52
Widowed
52

Health

Population
399
Very good
154
Good
123
Fair
83
Bad
35
Very bad
52

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
333
England❚SN12 6LJ❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
47
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
16
No qualifications
100

Ethnicity

Population
399
White British
363
White Irish
4
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Asian Indian
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
4
Black Caribbean
7
Black Other
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
399
England
349
Scotland
13
Wales
8
Ireland
5
Germany
7
Lithuania
1
Poland
3
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
India
3
Carribean
3

Religion

Population
399
Christian
216
Buddhist
1
Hindu
6
Muslim
1
Other
1
No religion
135
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
160
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
11
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
257
England❚SN12 6LJ❚
Full-Time employee
102
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
28
Unemployed
17
Retired
38
Looking after home/family
20
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
202
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
38
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
22
Rented - private landlord
72
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
220
Occupied
202
Unoccupied
18
Detached
23
Semi detached
31
Terraced
40
Flat - purpose built
78
Flat - converted
18
Flat - in commerical building
30

Household Size

All categoies
202
One person
106
Two people
54
Three people
19
Four people
16
Five people
5
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