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Administrative Areas

Ward
Melksham North
Local Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Chippenham
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
173
Population
456
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
132
England❚SN12 8FG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
50
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
456
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
335
Single
108
Married
175
Separated
8
Divorced
30
Widowed
14

Health

Population
456
Very good
223
Good
170
Fair
49
Bad
11
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
335
England❚SN12 8FG❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
74
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
67
Apprenticeship
56
Other qualifications
13
No qualifications
64

Ethnicity

Population
456
White British
441
White Other
4
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
456
England
420
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
6
Wales
8
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
3
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
2
Hong Kong
1
India
2
USA
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
456
Christian
254
Other
4
No religion
173
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
215
Manufacturing
34
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
6
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
12
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
20
Education
14
Human health and social work
27

Economic Activity

Population
310
England❚SN12 8FG❚
Full-Time employee
135
Part-Time employee
47
Self employed
29
Unemployed
17
Retired
37
Looking after home/family
16
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
18
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
173
Owned outright
60
Owned with mortgage
66
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
21
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
181
Occupied
173
Unoccupied
8
Detached
84
Semi detached
45
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
19

Household Size

All categoies
173
One person
34
Two people
65
Three people
28
Four people
27
Five people
14
Six people
5

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