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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
42
Population
72
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚EH11 2LX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
72
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
86%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
40%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
66
Single
47
Married
10
Separated
1
Divorced
7
Widowed
1

Health

Population
72
Very good
50
Good
19
Fair
2
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
66
Scotland❚EH11 2LX❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
7
No qualifications
9

Ethnicity

Population
72
White British
10
White Scottish
44
White Polish
4
White Irish
2
White Other
3
Mixed Other
3
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
3

Country of Birth

Population
72
England
8
Scotland
48
Wales
2
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Poland
4
South Africa
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
USA
1
Malaysia
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
72
Christian
35
No religion
31
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
56
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
10
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
5
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚EH11 2LX❚
Full-Time employee
34
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
7
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
1
Student
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
9
Shared ownership
5
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
43
Occupied
42
Unoccupied
1
Semi detached
1
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
39
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
20
Two people
17
Three people
2
Four people
3

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