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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
148
Population
414
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
112
England❚SN12 7NA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
57

Age Groups

Population
414
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
300
Single
121
Married
116
Separated
9
Divorced
32
Widowed
22

Health

Population
414
Very good
188
Good
147
Fair
56
Bad
18
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
300
England❚SN12 7NA❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
72
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
97

Ethnicity

Population
414
White British
363
White Irish
5
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
12
Mixed Black African
3
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
7
Asian Indian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
414
England
378
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
2
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
4
Italy
1
Portugal
1
Poland
5
Romania
2
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
2
India
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
414
Christian
251
Muslim
8
No religion
132
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
163
Manufacturing
25
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
10
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
274
England❚SN12 7NA❚
Full-Time employee
93
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
20
Unemployed
20
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
22
Long-term sick/disabled
20
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
148
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
11
Rented - other social
53
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
149
Occupied
148
Unoccupied
1
Detached
14
Semi detached
85
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
148
One person
34
Two people
40
Three people
29
Four people
22
Five people
15
Six people
7
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