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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
87
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚EH11 2QR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
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
16

Age Groups

Population
87
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
32%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
71
Single
50
Married
7
Separated
3
Divorced
4
Widowed
7

Health

Population
87
Very good
37
Good
37
Fair
6
Bad
4
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
71
Scotland❚EH11 2QR❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
87
White British
7
White Scottish
62
White Polish
4
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Asian Indian
8
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
87
England
7
Scotland
61
Ireland
2
Poland
4
South Africa
1
China
2
India
7
Carribean
1
Canada
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
87
Christian
36
Hindu
8
Other
1
No religion
39
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
34
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚EH11 2QR❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
1
Unemployed
4
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
15
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
54
Occupied
53
Unoccupied
1
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
53

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
35
Two people
8
Three people
5
Four people
4
Five 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