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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
130
Population
319
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
92
England❚SN12 7TY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
32
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
319
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
239
Single
55
Married
126
Separated
11
Divorced
28
Widowed
19

Health

Population
319
Very good
141
Good
132
Fair
36
Bad
6
Very bad
28

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
239
England❚SN12 7TY❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
38
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
55

Ethnicity

Population
319
White British
315
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
2

Country of Birth

Population
319
England
306
Scotland
3
Wales
4
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Spain
1
Kenya
1

Religion

Population
319
Christian
183
Other
3
No religion
104
Not stated
29

Industry

Population
147
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
32
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
27
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
11
Education
16
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
211
England❚SN12 7TY❚
Full-Time employee
85
Part-Time employee
40
Self employed
15
Unemployed
8
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
15
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
130
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
62
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
133
Occupied
130
Unoccupied
3
Detached
31
Semi detached
89
Terraced
13

Household Size

All categoies
130
One person
29
Two people
46
Three people
33
Four people
13
Five people
7
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