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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
37
Population
50
Males
58%
Females
42%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
35
Scotland❚EH11 2AF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
50
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
90%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
2%
16 - 29
56%
30 - 44
32%
45 - 59
2%
60 - 74
2%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
47
Single
35
Married
6
Separated
1
Divorced
5

Health

Population
50
Very good
27
Good
19
Fair
2
Bad
1
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
47
Scotland❚EH11 2AF❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
6
No qualifications
6

Ethnicity

Population
50
White British
4
White Scottish
21
White Polish
3
White Irish
2
White Gypsy
1
White Other
9
Asian Indian
1
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
4
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
50
England
6
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
23
Ireland
1
Italy
2
Poland
2
Turkey
3
China
4
India
1
Malaysia
2

Religion

Population
50
Christian
12
Buddhist
2
Hindu
1
Muslim
6
No religion
28
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
34
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Financial and insurance
6
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
46
Scotland❚EH11 2AF❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
4
Self employed
2
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
11

Housing Tenure

All categoies
37
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
39
Occupied
37
Unoccupied
2
Flat - purpose built
39

Household Size

All categoies
37
One person
28
Two people
7
Three people
1
Five people
1

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