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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
42
Population
66
Males
42%
Females
58%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚EH14 2LG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
1
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
66
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
86%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
2%
16 - 29
59%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
6%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
61
Single
52
Married
3
Civil partnership
2
Divorced
2
Widowed
2

Health

Population
66
Very good
40
Good
17
Fair
8
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
61
Scotland❚EH14 2LG❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
5
No qualifications
8

Ethnicity

Population
66
White British
6
White Scottish
36
White Irish
6
White Other
3
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
10
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
66
England
7
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
39
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Nigeria
4
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Pakistan
1
Slovakia
1

Religion

Population
66
Christian
22
Muslim
9
Other
1
No religion
31
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
46
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚EH14 2LG❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
3
Self employed
3
Unemployed
3
Retired
2
Student
20
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
44
Occupied
42
Unoccupied
2
Flat - purpose built
44

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
22
Two people
17
Three people
2
Four 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