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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
62
Population
163
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚EH14 2AS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
163
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
133
Single
43
Married
73
Separated
2
Divorced
13
Widowed
2

Health

Population
163
Very good
101
Good
46
Fair
15
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
133
Scotland❚EH14 2AS❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
163
White British
10
White Scottish
131
White Polish
3
Asian Chinese
5
Asian Other
14

Country of Birth

Population
163
England
13
Scotland
132
Poland
2
Middle East
3
China
1
Hong Kong
2
Philippines
1
USA
1
Malaysia
1

Religion

Population
163
Christian
78
Buddhist
2
Hindu
5
Muslim
6
Other
1
No religion
62
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
93
Manufacturing
4
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
9
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
127
Scotland❚EH14 2AS❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
11
Unemployed
4
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
6
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
62
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
39
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
62
Occupied
62
Detached
2
Semi detached
17
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
35
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
62
One person
12
Two people
20
Three people
16
Four people
9
Five 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