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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
72
Population
167
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
59
Scotland❚EH11 3RQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
167
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
31%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
129
Single
51
Married
60
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
7

Health

Population
167
Very good
105
Good
39
Fair
15
Bad
5
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
129
Scotland❚EH11 3RQ❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
167
White British
5
White Scottish
120
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Chinese
7
Asian Other
2
Other
24

Country of Birth

Population
167
England
5
Scotland
124
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Middle East
2
China
1
Hong Kong
4
Pakistan
1
Australia
1
Czech Republic
1

Religion

Population
167
Christian
54
Muslim
30
No religion
78
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
80
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
123
Scotland❚EH11 3RQ❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
8
Unemployed
4
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
73
Occupied
72
Unoccupied
1
Detached
10
Semi detached
27
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
35

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
26
Two people
23
Three people
8
Four people
10
Six people
4
Seven 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