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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
108
Population
281
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚SN12 7HT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
281
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
71
Married
105
Civil partnership
2
Separated
5
Divorced
25
Widowed
8

Health

Population
281
Very good
133
Good
115
Fair
27
Bad
5
Very bad
25

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
England❚SN12 7HT❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
38
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
61
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
281
White British
256
White Gypsy
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Black Caribbean
9

Country of Birth

Population
281
England
251
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
6
Wales
6
Germany
5
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
3
USA
1
South America
3
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
281
Christian
167
Other
2
No religion
93
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
160
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
39
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
8
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
12
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
209
England❚SN12 7HT❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
34
Self employed
11
Unemployed
5
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
108
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
62
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
110
Occupied
108
Unoccupied
2
Detached
9
Semi detached
34
Terraced
56
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
108
One person
23
Two people
37
Three people
21
Four people
16
Five people
9
Six people
2

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Data Sources

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  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019