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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
48
Population
60
Males
63%
Females
37%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚EH11 1UP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
60
Under 16
2%
16 - 64
98%
5 - 15
2%
16 - 29
38%
30 - 44
40%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
59
Single
38
Married
13
Separated
3
Divorced
5

Health

Population
60
Very good
34
Good
23
Fair
2
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
59
Scotland❚EH11 1UP❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
8
No qualifications
2

Ethnicity

Population
60
White British
5
White Scottish
38
White Polish
3
White Other
3
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Chinese
3
Black African
2
Black Caribbean
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
60
England
6
Scotland
37
Germany
1
Italy
1
Poland
3
Nigeria
1
South Africa
2
India
3
Pakistan
2
USA
1

Religion

Population
60
Christian
25
Buddhist
3
Hindu
3
Muslim
2
No religion
27

Industry

Population
40
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚EH11 1UP❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
3
Self employed
4
Unemployed
7
Retired
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
9
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
48
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
46

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
37
Two people
10
Three 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