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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
37
Population
69
Males
65%
Females
35%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
Scotland❚EH11 2DG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
2
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
69
Under 16
4%
16 - 64
93%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
58%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
66
Single
49
Married
12
Separated
1
Divorced
4

Health

Population
69
Very good
39
Good
23
Fair
5
Bad
1
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
66
Scotland❚EH11 2DG❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
4
No qualifications
2

Ethnicity

Population
69
White British
11
White Scottish
34
White Irish
1
Asian Indian
9
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
9

Country of Birth

Population
69
England
9
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
34
Ireland
1
Middle East
6
China
2
Bangladesh
1
India
8
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
69
Christian
13
Hindu
8
Muslim
3
No religion
35
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
51
Manufacturing
1
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Accommodation and food
8
Financial and insurance
17
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
1
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚EH11 2DG❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
6
Unemployed
2
Retired
1
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
37
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
38
Occupied
37
Unoccupied
1
Detached
1
Flat - purpose built
36
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
37
One person
9
Two people
24
Three people
4

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