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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
35
Population
78
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
27
Scotland❚EH11 2RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
78
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
45%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
70
Single
50
Married
4
Separated
4
Divorced
6
Widowed
6

Health

Population
78
Very good
34
Good
31
Fair
7
Bad
5
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
70
Scotland❚EH11 2RJ❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
17
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
78
White British
10
White Scottish
50
White Polish
2
White Irish
3
White Other
2
Asian Indian
4
Asian Pakistani
5
Asian Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
78
England
13
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
51
Germany
1
Poland
2
Kenya
1
India
1
Pakistan
1
USA
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
78
Christian
31
Jewish
1
Muslim
8
Other
1
No religion
24
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
36
Manufacturing
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚EH11 2RJ❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
2
Unemployed
3
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
21
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
35
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
7
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
35
Occupied
35
Semi detached
1
Flat - purpose built
34

Household Size

All categoies
35
One person
14
Two people
6
Three people
9
Four people
5
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