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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
119
Population
305
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
99
England❚SN12 7HY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
C2 Skilled manual workers
30
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
305
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
76
Married
106
Separated
5
Divorced
27
Widowed
9

Health

Population
305
Very good
140
Good
127
Fair
32
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚SN12 7HY❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
36
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
39
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
305
White British
282
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
4
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
5
Asian Indian
2
Asian Bangladeshi
5
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
305
England
283
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
4
Wales
5
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Poland
1
Nigeria
1
Bangladesh
2
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
305
Christian
161
Jewish
2
Muslim
4
Sikh
1
Other
4
No religion
103
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
179
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
41
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
14
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
217
England❚SN12 7HY❚
Full-Time employee
112
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
22
Unemployed
7
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
76
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
2
Detached
5
Semi detached
6
Terraced
100
Flat - purpose built
10

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
25
Two people
45
Three people
16
Four people
24
Five people
8
Six 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