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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
219
Population
549
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
183
England❚SN12 8RP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
61
C2 Skilled manual workers
43
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
62

Age Groups

Population
549
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
403
Single
157
Married
150
Civil partnership
2
Separated
23
Divorced
45
Widowed
26

Health

Population
549
Very good
270
Good
181
Fair
71
Bad
22
Very bad
45

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
403
England❚SN12 8RP❚
Degree or above
58
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
89
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
99
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
75

Ethnicity

Population
549
White British
517
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
7
Mixed Black Caribbean
3
Mixed Black African
3
Asian Other
1
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
10
Black Other
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
549
England
504
Scotland
3
Wales
13
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
9
Spain
1
India
1
USA
2
Carribean
6
Antarctica and Oceanea
4

Religion

Population
549
Christian
258
Muslim
1
Other
2
No religion
243
Not stated
45

Industry

Population
271
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
49
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
54
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
15
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
31
Education
15
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
381
England❚SN12 8RP❚
Full-Time employee
188
Part-Time employee
48
Self employed
24
Unemployed
20
Retired
39
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
14
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
219
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
88
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
39
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
227
Occupied
219
Unoccupied
8
Detached
10
Semi detached
78
Terraced
92
Flat - purpose built
44
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
219
One person
58
Two people
66
Three people
43
Four people
34
Five people
15
Six people
2
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