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

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
Scotland❚EH11 2QU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
51
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
86%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
35%
30 - 44
39%
45 - 59
8%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
47
Single
39
Married
3
Separated
2
Divorced
2
Widowed
1

Health

Population
51
Very good
28
Good
18
Fair
4
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
47
Scotland❚EH11 2QU❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
5
No qualifications
6

Ethnicity

Population
51
White British
4
White Scottish
30
White Polish
4
White Irish
3
White Other
1
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
2
Asian Other
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
51
England
4
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
33
Poland
4
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
1
India
2
USA
1
Australia
1
New Zealand
2

Religion

Population
51
Christian
19
Hindu
3
Muslim
6
No religion
19
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
32
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
2
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
46
Scotland❚EH11 2QU❚
Full-Time employee
29
Self employed
2
Unemployed
3
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
38
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
11
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
38
Unoccupied
2
Detached
1
Flat - purpose built
38
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
38
One person
27
Two people
10
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