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Administrative Areas

Ward
Sighthill/Gorgie
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Large Urban Area
Households
49
Population
99
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚EH11 1HJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
99
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
84%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
57%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
5%
60 - 74
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
85
Single
56
Married
26
Separated
1
Divorced
1
Widowed
1

Health

Population
99
Very good
62
Good
33
Fair
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
85
Scotland❚EH11 1HJ❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12

Ethnicity

Population
99
White British
13
White Scottish
50
White Polish
10
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
11
Asian Other
1
Black African
6
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
99
England
12
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
50
Ireland
1
Poland
10
South Africa
2
Middle East
5
China
8
India
1
South America
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
99
Christian
39
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
Muslim
10
No religion
44
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
63
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
85
Scotland❚EH11 1HJ❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
4
Unemployed
2
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
20
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
49
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
50
Occupied
49
Unoccupied
1
Semi detached
1
Flat - purpose built
48
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
49
One person
13
Two people
28
Three people
4
Four people
3
Six people
1

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