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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
65
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚EH11 1XG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
65
Under 16
2%
16 - 64
89%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
2%
16 - 29
40%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
64
Single
34
Married
18
Separated
3
Divorced
8
Widowed
1

Health

Population
65
Very good
40
Good
16
Fair
6
Bad
1
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
64
Scotland❚EH11 1XG❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
3
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
11
No qualifications
9

Ethnicity

Population
65
White British
7
White Scottish
28
White Polish
7
White Other
6
Asian Indian
8
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
6
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
65
England
4
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
29
Germany
4
Poland
7
Nigeria
2
Middle East
2
China
1
India
8
Czech Republic
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
65
Christian
23
Hindu
7
Sikh
1
No religion
23
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
47
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
10
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
60
Scotland❚EH11 1XG❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
4
Self employed
4
Unemployed
4
Retired
1
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
48
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
47

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
32
Two people
15
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