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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
69
Population
84
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
58
Scotland❚EH11 2DB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
84
Under 16
2%
16 - 64
83%
65 or over
14%
5 - 15
2%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
82
Single
55
Married
10
Divorced
15
Widowed
2

Health

Population
84
Very good
36
Good
25
Fair
15
Bad
7
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
82
Scotland❚EH11 2DB❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
84
White British
15
White Scottish
56
White Polish
4
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
84
England
13
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
56
Ireland
4
Germany
1
Poland
4
Romania
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
Russia
1

Religion

Population
84
Christian
35
Muslim
2
No religion
38
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
46
Manufacturing
3
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
77
Scotland❚EH11 2DB❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
1
Unemployed
5
Retired
5
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
69
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - other social
33
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
69
Unoccupied
1
Flat - purpose built
69
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
69
One person
56
Two people
11
Three 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