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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
39
Population
76
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚EH11 2EH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
76
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
87%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
54%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
67
Single
50
Married
10
Divorced
4
Widowed
3

Health

Population
76
Very good
46
Good
26
Fair
2
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
67
Scotland❚EH11 2EH❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
8
No qualifications
6

Ethnicity

Population
76
White British
13
White Scottish
30
White Polish
4
White Irish
2
White Other
9
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
12
Asian Chinese
1
Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
76
England
11
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
36
Ireland
1
Germany
5
Spain
1
Poland
4
Romania
1
Middle East
2
China
1
India
6
USA
1
Hungary
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
76
Christian
31
Muslim
3
No religion
37
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
41
Manufacturing
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
8
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
4
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
67
Scotland❚EH11 2EH❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
4
Self employed
2
Unemployed
1
Retired
1
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
39
Owned outright
2
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
39
Occupied
39
Flat - purpose built
38
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
39
One person
14
Two people
17
Three people
4
Four 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