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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
120
Population
315
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
90
England❚SN12 7SL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
34
C2 Skilled manual workers
25
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
315
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
230
Single
55
Married
129
Separated
9
Divorced
19
Widowed
18

Health

Population
315
Very good
147
Good
122
Fair
37
Bad
7
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
230
England❚SN12 7SL❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
315
White British
307
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
315
England
294
Scotland
2
Wales
8
Germany
4
Italy
1
Poland
2
India
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
315
Christian
204
Sikh
1
No religion
98
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
156
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
17
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
36
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
8
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
205
England❚SN12 7SL❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
42
Self employed
21
Unemployed
4
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
120
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
58
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
120
Occupied
120
Detached
30
Semi detached
57
Terraced
31
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
120
One person
25
Two people
44
Three people
17
Four people
22
Five people
10
Six people
1
Seven 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