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Administrative Areas

Ward
Melksham Without South
Local Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
209
Population
552
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
165
England❚SN12 6LT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
49
C2 Skilled manual workers
42
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
34

Age Groups

Population
552
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
425
Single
124
Married
224
Separated
12
Divorced
40
Widowed
25

Health

Population
552
Very good
294
Good
182
Fair
51
Bad
22
Very bad
40

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
425
England❚SN12 6LT❚
Degree or above
59
2+ A Levels or equivalent
23
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
89
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
79
Apprenticeship
107
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
552
White British
528
White Irish
6
White Other
8
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
3

Country of Birth

Population
552
England
494
Scotland
8
Wales
21
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
5
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
2
India
2
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
552
Christian
341
Hindu
2
Muslim
4
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
172
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
275
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Manufacturing
32
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
42
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
9
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
26
Education
30
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
392
England❚SN12 6LT❚
Full-Time employee
157
Part-Time employee
72
Self employed
43
Unemployed
9
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
19
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
22
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
209
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
91
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
25
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
216
Occupied
209
Unoccupied
7
Detached
96
Semi detached
74
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
209
One person
45
Two people
68
Three people
50
Four people
26
Five people
15
Six people
4
Eight or over
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