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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
55
Population
98
Males
59%
Females
41%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚EH14 2BZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
20
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
98
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
81%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
41%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
87
Single
35
Married
38
Separated
1
Divorced
12
Widowed
1

Health

Population
98
Very good
56
Good
24
Fair
11
Bad
6
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
87
Scotland❚EH14 2BZ❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
98
White British
6
White Scottish
59
White Polish
2
White Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Asian Chinese
3
Black African
15
Other
11

Country of Birth

Population
98
England
10
Scotland
53
Germany
3
Poland
2
Zimbabwe
2
Middle East
10
China
2
Bangladesh
2
South America
1
Australia
2

Religion

Population
98
Christian
31
Muslim
24
No religion
36
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
43
Mining
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
2
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
3
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
85
Scotland❚EH14 2BZ❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
5
Unemployed
5
Retired
7
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
27
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
55
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
21
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
56
Occupied
55
Unoccupied
1
Semi detached
1
Flat - purpose built
55

Household Size

All categoies
55
One person
21
Two people
27
Three people
5
Four people
2

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