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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❚EH14 2AF❚
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❚EH14 2AF❚
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❚EH14 2AF❚
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

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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