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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
53
Population
86
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚EH11 2JG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
86
Under 16
3%
16 - 64
95%
65 or over
1%
Under 4
3%
16 - 29
47%
30 - 44
40%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
83
Single
60
Married
17
Civil partnership
2
Separated
1
Divorced
3

Health

Population
86
Very good
65
Good
15
Fair
4
Bad
1
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
83
Scotland❚EH11 2JG❚
Degree or above
57
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
8
No qualifications
2

Ethnicity

Population
86
White British
12
White Scottish
40
White Polish
1
White Irish
4
White Other
20
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
86
England
12
Scotland
37
Wales
1
Ireland
4
France
1
Germany
2
Italy
4
Spain
3
Poland
1
South Africa
3
China
3
India
2
USA
1
South America
1
Greece
1
Malaysia
2
Canada
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
86
Christian
22
Hindu
3
Muslim
2
Other
1
No religion
47
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
61
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
7
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
83
Scotland❚EH11 2JG❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
5
Unemployed
5
Retired
1
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
25
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
53
Unoccupied
4
Flat - purpose built
57

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
24
Two people
25
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