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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
131
Population
328
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
105
England❚SN12 7TF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
38
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
328
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
274
Single
81
Married
148
Separated
12
Divorced
27
Widowed
6

Health

Population
328
Very good
149
Good
130
Fair
34
Bad
14
Very bad
27

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
274
England❚SN12 7TF❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
65
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
71
Other qualifications
12
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
328
White British
310
White Other
12
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
3
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
328
England
287
Scotland
8
Wales
7
France
1
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
5
Romania
2
Turkey
1
India
2
Philippines
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
328
Christian
207
Buddhist
2
Muslim
1
Other
4
No religion
75
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
196
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
13
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
17
Education
16
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
249
England❚SN12 7TF❚
Full-Time employee
124
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
22
Unemployed
5
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
131
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
70
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
15

Housing Types

All categoies
132
Occupied
131
Unoccupied
1
Detached
84
Semi detached
29
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
131
One person
23
Two people
55
Three people
23
Four people
24
Five people
6

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