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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
149
Population
314
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
123
England❚SN12 7EB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
35
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
45

Age Groups

Population
314
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
98
Married
102
Civil partnership
2
Separated
3
Divorced
36
Widowed
16

Health

Population
314
Very good
137
Good
110
Fair
41
Bad
21
Very bad
36

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚SN12 7EB❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
Apprenticeship
32
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
73

Ethnicity

Population
314
White British
294
White Irish
1
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Asian
3
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
314
England
277
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
9
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Portugal
2
Poland
2
Romania
4
Turkey
1
South Africa
1
Middle East
1
India
1

Religion

Population
314
Christian
180
Jewish
1
Muslim
1
No religion
98
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
173
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
7
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
230
England❚SN12 7EB❚
Full-Time employee
96
Part-Time employee
56
Self employed
18
Unemployed
10
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
149
Owned outright
36
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
31
Rented - private landlord
32
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
155
Occupied
149
Unoccupied
6
Detached
22
Semi detached
12
Terraced
70
Flat - purpose built
35
Flat - converted
14
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
149
One person
69
Two people
44
Three people
11
Four people
16
Five people
6
Six people
3

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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