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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
122
Population
294
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
84
England❚SN12 7DG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
294
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
235
Single
67
Married
126
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
18
Widowed
17

Health

Population
294
Very good
110
Good
132
Fair
42
Bad
9
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
235
England❚SN12 7DG❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
55
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
70

Ethnicity

Population
294
White British
285
White Gypsy
2
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
294
England
276
Scotland
1
Wales
6
Germany
2
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
India
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
294
Christian
157
No religion
107
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
142
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
14
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚SN12 7DG❚
Full-Time employee
97
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
12
Unemployed
15
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
122
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
54
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
122
Unoccupied
1
Detached
13
Semi detached
65
Terraced
45

Household Size

All categoies
122
One person
31
Two people
49
Three people
17
Four people
17
Five people
4
Six people
3
Eight or over
1

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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