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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
56
Population
77
Males
61%
Females
39%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
53
Scotland❚EH11 2NP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
77
Under 16
4%
16 - 64
92%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
47%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
74
Single
55
Married
8
Divorced
6
Widowed
5

Health

Population
77
Very good
43
Good
23
Fair
4
Bad
4
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
74
Scotland❚EH11 2NP❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
8
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
77
White British
6
White Scottish
53
White Polish
4
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
77
England
6
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
55
Spain
1
Poland
4
Romania
3
USA
1
Carribean
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
77
Christian
36
Jewish
1
Muslim
5
No religion
31
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
43
Manufacturing
3
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
8
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
4
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
71
Scotland❚EH11 2NP❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
4
Unemployed
12
Retired
2
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
9
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
27
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
56
Unoccupied
1
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
54
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
39
Two people
14
Three people
2
Four people
1

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