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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
51
Males
61%
Females
39%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚EH11 2AN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
51
16 - 64
88%
65 or over
12%
16 - 29
37%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
51
Single
36
Married
6
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
1

Health

Population
51
Very good
15
Good
16
Fair
13
Bad
4
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
51
Scotland❚EH11 2AN❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
8

Ethnicity

Population
51
White British
6
White Scottish
34
White Polish
2
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
51
England
5
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
36
Ireland
1
Spain
1
Poland
2

Religion

Population
51
Christian
17
Jewish
1
Muslim
2
Other
1
No religion
26
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
20
Construction
1
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
1
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
47
Scotland❚EH11 2AN❚
Full-Time employee
13
Part-Time employee
2
Self employed
3
Unemployed
4
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
5
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
28
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

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

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
45
Two people
3

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