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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
38
Population
53
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
35
Scotland❚EH11 2NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
53
Under 16
4%
16 - 64
89%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
2%
16 - 29
45%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
51
Single
39
Married
9
Divorced
2
Widowed
1

Health

Population
53
Very good
37
Good
9
Fair
5
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
51
Scotland❚EH11 2NG❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
5
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
3

Ethnicity

Population
53
White British
5
White Scottish
33
White Polish
3
White Irish
4
White Other
4
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
53
England
7
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
28
Ireland
1
Spain
1
Poland
3
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
2
Slovakia
3

Religion

Population
53
Christian
22
Hindu
1
Muslim
1
No religion
28
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
35
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
8
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
49
Scotland❚EH11 2NG❚
Full-Time employee
24
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
3
Unemployed
1
Retired
2
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
38
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
38
Occupied
38
Detached
1
Flat - purpose built
35
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
38
One person
25
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