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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
42
Population
76
Males
59%
Females
41%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
39
Scotland❚EH11 1UU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
2
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
76
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
87%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
55%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
12%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
70
Single
52
Married
9
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
1

Health

Population
76
Very good
53
Good
16
Fair
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
70
Scotland❚EH11 1UU❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12
No qualifications
5

Ethnicity

Population
76
White British
8
White Scottish
36
White Polish
7
White Irish
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
8
Asian Chinese
10
Black African
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
76
England
5
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
36
Wales
1
Poland
7
China
7
Hong Kong
2
India
7
South America
1

Religion

Population
76
Christian
26
Buddhist
2
Hindu
5
Muslim
7
No religion
35
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
49
Manufacturing
6
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
4
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
66
Scotland❚EH11 1UU❚
Full-Time employee
40
Part-Time employee
1
Self employed
2
Unemployed
3
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
18
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
44
Occupied
42
Unoccupied
2
Flat - purpose built
44

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
16
Two people
20
Three people
5
Five 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