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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
154
Population
403
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
116
England❚SN12 7AE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
37
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
403
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
321
Single
111
Married
141
Separated
3
Divorced
46
Widowed
20

Health

Population
403
Very good
171
Good
149
Fair
60
Bad
18
Very bad
46

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
321
England❚SN12 7AE❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
55
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
78
Apprenticeship
44
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
96

Ethnicity

Population
403
White British
373
White Irish
3
White Other
8
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Chinese
5
Black African
5
Black Caribbean
5
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
403
England
366
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
3
Wales
3
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
5
Italy
1
Poland
4
Nigeria
2
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
403
Christian
227
Buddhist
1
Jewish
2
Muslim
3
Other
3
No religion
137
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
206
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
33
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
39
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
15
Information and communication
11
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
17
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
297
England❚SN12 7AE❚
Full-Time employee
125
Part-Time employee
52
Self employed
20
Unemployed
17
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
154
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
58
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
156
Occupied
154
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
110
Terraced
29
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
154
One person
34
Two people
49
Three people
34
Four people
20
Five people
14
Six people
2
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