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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
114
Population
286
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
82
England❚SN12 7TL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
286
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
220
Single
73
Married
86
Separated
12
Divorced
38
Widowed
11

Health

Population
286
Very good
129
Good
108
Fair
36
Bad
10
Very bad
38

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
220
England❚SN12 7TL❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
Apprenticeship
28
Other qualifications
5
No qualifications
69

Ethnicity

Population
286
White British
264
White Other
6
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
3
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
286
England
261
Scotland
5
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
4
Romania
1
Bangladesh
2
India
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
286
Christian
159
Buddhist
3
Hindu
3
Muslim
5
No religion
93
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
137
Manufacturing
22
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
10
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
199
England❚SN12 7TL❚
Full-Time employee
80
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
16
Unemployed
7
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
44
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
10
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
114
Occupied
114
Detached
12
Semi detached
34
Terraced
64
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
25
Two people
46
Three people
11
Four people
26
Five people
4
Six people
2

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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