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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
75
Population
155
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
Scotland❚EH11 2BZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
155
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
84%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
48%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
5%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
137
Single
86
Married
39
Separated
4
Divorced
7
Widowed
1

Health

Population
155
Very good
98
Good
44
Fair
12
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
137
Scotland❚EH11 2BZ❚
Degree or above
76
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
10

Ethnicity

Population
155
White British
21
White Scottish
71
White Polish
10
White Irish
5
White Other
13
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
18
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
2
Black African
2
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
155
England
24
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
72
Ireland
1
France
2
Spain
2
Poland
7
Zimbabwe
1
China
4
Bangladesh
2
India
17
South America
4
Russia
1
Greece
1
Hungary
3
Latvia
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
155
Christian
53
Buddhist
1
Hindu
11
Muslim
6
No religion
76
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
96
Manufacturing
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
13
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
12
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
135
Scotland❚EH11 2BZ❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
10
Unemployed
3
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
37
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
34
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
77
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
2
Detached
1
Flat - purpose built
71
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
26
Two people
24
Three people
20
Four people
4
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