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Administrative Areas

Ward
Melksham South
Local Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
130
Population
295
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
91
England❚SN12 7LX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
46

Age Groups

Population
295
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
72
Married
106
Separated
5
Divorced
31
Widowed
19

Health

Population
295
Very good
111
Good
87
Fair
59
Bad
26
Very bad
31

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚SN12 7LX❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
26
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
87

Ethnicity

Population
295
White British
281
White Irish
1
White Other
9
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
295
England
269
Scotland
1
Wales
7
Ireland
2
Germany
4
Poland
5
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
295
Christian
193
Buddhist
1
No religion
83
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
113
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
13
Water supply and waste management
5
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
6
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
206
England❚SN12 7LX❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
10
Unemployed
14
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
22
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
28
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
67
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
131
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
1
Detached
6
Semi detached
64
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
28
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
50
Two people
34
Three people
19
Four people
18
Five people
8
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