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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
53
Population
96
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚EH11 1QU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
96
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
90%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
46%
30 - 44
33%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
88
Single
66
Married
12
Separated
1
Divorced
7
Widowed
2

Health

Population
96
Very good
57
Good
33
Fair
5
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
88
Scotland❚EH11 1QU❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
6
No qualifications
7

Ethnicity

Population
96
White British
10
White Scottish
60
White Polish
1
White Irish
3
White Other
8
Asian Indian
3
Asian Chinese
3
Black African
3
Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
96
England
10
Scotland
61
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Spain
2
Poland
1
Nigeria
5
Middle East
4
China
2
India
2
USA
1
South America
1
Australia
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
96
Christian
32
Hindu
3
Muslim
4
Other
3
No religion
51
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
71
Manufacturing
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
13
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
88
Scotland❚EH11 1QU❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
4
Self employed
4
Unemployed
4
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
23
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
22
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
5

Housing Types

All categoies
53
Occupied
53
Flat - purpose built
51
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
21
Two people
25
Three people
3
Four people
4

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