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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
134
Population
296
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚SN12 7EN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
26

Age Groups

Population
296
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
245
Single
82
Married
114
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
18

Health

Population
296
Very good
126
Good
117
Fair
43
Bad
7
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
245
England❚SN12 7EN❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
45
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
48
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
61

Ethnicity

Population
296
White British
285
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Chinese
5
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
296
England
264
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
9
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
3
South Africa
1
Hong Kong
6

Religion

Population
296
Christian
158
Other
1
No religion
111
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
146
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
24
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
17
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚SN12 7EN❚
Full-Time employee
104
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
19
Unemployed
11
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
49
Owned with mortgage
51
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
136
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
2
Detached
38
Semi detached
53
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
50
Two people
41
Three people
16
Four people
21
Five people
5
Seven people
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