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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
210
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
81
England❚SN12 8WQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
24
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
25

Age Groups

Population
210
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
181
Single
52
Married
71
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
29
Widowed
23

Health

Population
210
Very good
97
Good
70
Fair
35
Bad
7
Very bad
29

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
181
England❚SN12 8WQ❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
Apprenticeship
66
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
210
White British
182
White Irish
3
White Other
11
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
2
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
210
England
182
Scotland
1
Wales
3
Ireland
3
France
1
Germany
1
Poland
6
Kenya
1
South Africa
1
India
1
USA
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
210
Christian
111
Buddhist
1
Muslim
3
Other
3
No religion
75
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
111
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
16
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
12
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
152
England❚SN12 8WQ❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
18
Unemployed
12
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
114
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
34
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
36
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
121
Occupied
114
Unoccupied
7
Detached
15
Semi detached
33
Terraced
31
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
23
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
114
One person
54
Two people
36
Three people
14
Four people
8
Five 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