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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
55
Population
89
Males
62%
Females
38%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
54
Scotland❚EH11 2AP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
1
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
89
Under 16
3%
16 - 64
94%
65 or over
2%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
43%
30 - 44
36%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
86
Single
61
Married
17
Separated
3
Divorced
3
Widowed
2

Health

Population
89
Very good
55
Good
22
Fair
6
Bad
5
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
86
Scotland❚EH11 2AP❚
Degree or above
50
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
4
No qualifications
9

Ethnicity

Population
89
White British
13
White Scottish
51
White Polish
5
White Irish
7
White Other
5
Asian Indian
6
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
89
England
17
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
48
Ireland
7
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Poland
5
South Africa
1
Middle East
2
India
2
Canada
1

Religion

Population
89
Christian
25
Hindu
6
Other
1
No religion
49
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
61
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
9
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
86
Scotland❚EH11 2AP❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
4
Self employed
2
Unemployed
4
Retired
3
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
55
Owned outright
2
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - other social
13
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
56
Occupied
55
Unoccupied
1
Detached
1
Flat - purpose built
54
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
55
One person
30
Two people
20
Three people
2
Four people
2
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