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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
133
Population
225
Males
41%
Females
59%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
England❚SN12 7RH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
225
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
33%
65 or over
45%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
6%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
32%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
177
Single
37
Married
65
Separated
4
Divorced
20
Widowed
51

Health

Population
225
Very good
68
Good
74
Fair
59
Bad
20
Very bad
20

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
177
England❚SN12 7RH❚
Degree or above
5
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
37
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
63

Ethnicity

Population
225
White British
197
White Irish
14
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
225
England
179
Scotland
10
Wales
5
Ireland
7
Germany
4
Poland
6
Nigeria
1
Kenya
1
Bangladesh
1
Philippines
1
USA
1
South America
3
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
225
Christian
150
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
Other
1
No religion
53
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
56
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
4
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
105
England❚SN12 7RH❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
6
Unemployed
3
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
16
Shared ownership
12
Rented - council
17
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
12
Detached
3
Semi detached
9
Terraced
26
Flat - purpose built
92
Flat - converted
15

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
75
Two people
39
Three people
7
Four people
9
Five people
3

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