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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
31
Population
56
Males
59%
Females
41%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚EH11 2AR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
56
Under 16
2%
16 - 64
91%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
2%
16 - 29
59%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
55
Single
39
Married
9
Divorced
5
Widowed
2

Health

Population
56
Very good
28
Good
14
Fair
10
Bad
2
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
55
Scotland❚EH11 2AR❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
5
No qualifications
7

Ethnicity

Population
56
White British
9
White Scottish
24
White Irish
3
White Other
11
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
56
England
7
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
25
Ireland
1
France
1
Italy
2
Spain
2
Bangladesh
1
India
2
USA
2
Australia
2
Russia
1
Greece
2
Malaysia
3

Religion

Population
56
Christian
20
Buddhist
2
Hindu
3
Muslim
2
No religion
26
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
34
Manufacturing
1
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
4
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
54
Scotland❚EH11 2AR❚
Full-Time employee
22
Part-Time employee
1
Self employed
3
Unemployed
6
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
15

Housing Tenure

All categoies
31
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
5
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
32
Occupied
31
Unoccupied
1
Flat - purpose built
32

Household Size

All categoies
31
One person
11
Two people
15
Three people
5

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