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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
46
Population
68
Males
37%
Females
63%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚EH11 2PW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
12
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
1
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
68
Under 16
3%
16 - 64
94%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
3%
16 - 29
54%
30 - 44
32%
45 - 59
6%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
66
Single
45
Married
14
Separated
1
Divorced
5
Widowed
1

Health

Population
68
Very good
37
Good
26
Fair
4
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
66
Scotland❚EH11 2PW❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
4
No qualifications
4

Ethnicity

Population
68
White British
6
White Scottish
34
White Polish
4
White Irish
3
White Other
8
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
68
England
4
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
36
Ireland
2
France
3
Spain
2
Poland
4
South Africa
2
Bangladesh
1
India
2
South America
1
Hungary
2

Religion

Population
68
Christian
24
Buddhist
8
Hindu
2
Muslim
2
No religion
30
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
48
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
1
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
12
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
65
Scotland❚EH11 2PW❚
Full-Time employee
39
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
1
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
16

Housing Tenure

All categoies
46
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - private landlord
22
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
46
Unoccupied
2
Flat - purpose built
48

Household Size

All categoies
46
One person
26
Two people
18
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