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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
123
Population
279
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
97
England❚SN12 7SA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
33
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
279
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
71
Married
116
Separated
3
Divorced
26
Widowed
7

Health

Population
279
Very good
126
Good
113
Fair
29
Bad
9
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚SN12 7SA❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
29
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
279
White British
264
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
279
England
248
Scotland
5
Wales
6
Ireland
1
France
3
Germany
6
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
1
Bangladesh
2
Philippines
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
279
Christian
158
Muslim
4
No religion
90
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
161
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
24
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
29
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
7
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
210
England❚SN12 7SA❚
Full-Time employee
113
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
9
Unemployed
7
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
123
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
61
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
123
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
73
Terraced
30
Flat - purpose built
16

Household Size

All categoies
123
One person
38
Two people
43
Three people
21
Four people
16
Five people
4
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