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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
80
Population
279
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
74
Scotland❚EH14 2HH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
58
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
279
Under 16
39%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
15%
5 - 15
24%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
33%
45 - 59
5%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
171
Single
38
Married
123
Separated
4
Divorced
6

Health

Population
279
Very good
196
Good
55
Fair
18
Bad
8
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
171
Scotland❚EH14 2HH❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
69
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
279
White British
100
White Scottish
157
White Polish
3
White Other
2
Asian Pakistani
3
Black African
4
Other
10

Country of Birth

Population
279
England
93
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
151
Wales
1
Germany
8
Poland
3
Middle East
5
Pakistan
1
South America
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
279
Christian
131
Muslim
12
No religion
113
Not stated
23

Industry

Population
113
Manufacturing
3
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
52
Education
7
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
167
Scotland❚EH14 2HH❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
10
Unemployed
5
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
22
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
80
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
34

Housing Types

All categoies
86
Occupied
80
Unoccupied
6
Detached
1
Semi detached
58
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
22

Household Size

All categoies
80
One person
6
Two people
13
Three people
20
Four people
25
Five people
10
Six people
5
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