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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
44
Population
721
Males
93%
Females
7%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
26
Scotland❚EH11 3LH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
721
Under 16
2%
16 - 64
91%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
1%
16 - 29
33%
30 - 44
39%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
706
Single
463
Married
100
Civil partnership
2
Separated
35
Divorced
86
Widowed
20

Health

Population
721
Very good
251
Good
259
Fair
150
Bad
34
Very bad
86

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
706
Scotland❚EH11 3LH❚
Degree or above
72
2+ A Levels or equivalent
60
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
66
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
235
No qualifications
273

Ethnicity

Population
721
White British
58
White Scottish
603
White Polish
8
White Irish
7
White Gypsy
3
White Other
9
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
3
Asian Pakistani
9
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Other
5
Black African
6
Black Caribbean
2
Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
721
England
58
Nortern Ireland
11
Scotland
599
Wales
1
Ireland
5
France
4
Germany
1
Italy
1
Lithuania
2
Poland
6
Middle East
2
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
2
Pakistan
4
Australia
3
Malaysia
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
721
Christian
301
Buddhist
5
Hindu
3
Jewish
1
Muslim
26
No religion
305
Not stated
80

Industry

Population
96
Manufacturing
5
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
6
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
691
Scotland❚EH11 3LH❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
20
Unemployed
11
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
42
Student
34
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
44
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
10

Housing Types

All categoies
45
Occupied
44
Unoccupied
1
Detached
1
Semi detached
13
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
28

Household Size

All categoies
44
One person
14
Two people
20
Three people
6
Four people
3
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

EH11 3PG EH11 3JJ EH11 3HL EH11 3JH EH11 3JL EH11 3LW EH11 3JN EH11 3JQ EH11 3JW EH11 3JG EH11 3JF EH11 3JP EH11 3JR EH14 1TZ EH14 1UG EH14 1XB EH14 1UF EH14 1SY EH14 1UR EH14 1UJ EH11 3LP EH11 3LR EH11 3LQ EH11 3XX EH11 3JE EH11 3LE EH14 1SZ EH11 3AR EH11 3AL EH14 1TA

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