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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
36
Population
68
Males
35%
Females
65%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
34
Scotland❚EH11 2BJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
1
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
68
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
79%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
32%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
57
Single
31
Married
21
Separated
1
Divorced
4

Health

Population
68
Very good
36
Good
23
Fair
4
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
57
Scotland❚EH11 2BJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
9
No qualifications
4

Ethnicity

Population
68
White British
19
White Scottish
39
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Asian Chinese
4
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
68
England
14
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
39
France
2
Spain
1
Middle East
1
China
4
North America - Other
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
68
Christian
24
No religion
39
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
40
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
4
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚EH11 2BJ❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
36
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
11
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
12

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
36
Unoccupied
4
Detached
1
Semi detached
1
Terraced
17
Flat - purpose built
21

Household Size

All categoies
36
One person
15
Two people
12
Three people
7
Four people
2

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