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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 2HQ❚
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 2HQ❚
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 2HQ❚
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

Nearby postcodes

EH14 2DU EH14 2DH EH14 2DJ EH14 2DG EH14 2DQ EH14 2DP EH14 2DL EH14 2DS EH14 2DR EH14 2DW EH14 2DT EH14 2DN EH14 2HJ EH14 2HL EH14 2BT EH14 2BS EH14 2DE EH14 2DF EH14 2BR EH14 2AX EH14 2AZ EH14 2AY EH14 2AT EH14 2BD EH14 2BB EH14 2BA EH14 2HT EH14 2HR EH14 2BP EH14 2HS EH14 2BN EH14 2HU EH14 2BW EH14 2BH EH14 2BL EH14 2BJ EH14 2HN EH14 2LZ EH14 2NA EH14 2NB EH14 2LG EH14 2HP EH14 2HA EH14 2HW EH14 2HD EH14 2EX EH14 2EZ EH14 2HB EH14 2HE EH14 2EY EH14 2HF EH14 2LF EH14 2EP EH14 2ER EH14 2HZ

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