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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
47
Population
98
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚EH11 2AB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
98
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
91%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
62%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
4%
60 - 74
1%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
92
Single
72
Married
15
Divorced
5

Health

Population
98
Very good
70
Good
21
Fair
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
92
Scotland❚EH11 2AB❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
6
No qualifications
4

Ethnicity

Population
98
White British
12
White Scottish
46
White Polish
8
White Irish
3
White Other
12
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
7
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
4
Black African
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
98
England
11
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
46
Wales
1
France
2
Spain
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
8
Turkey
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
India
6
South America
2
Greece
2
Slovakia
1
Canada
1
New Zealand
2

Religion

Population
98
Christian
32
Hindu
6
Muslim
5
Sikh
1
Other
1
No religion
50
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
59
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
89
Scotland❚EH11 2AB❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
3
Unemployed
5
Looking after home/family
2
Student
39
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
47
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
29
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
47
Occupied
47
Flat - purpose built
47

Household Size

All categoies
47
One person
13
Two people
21
Three people
9
Four people
4

Nearby postcodes

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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