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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall West and Orphir
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
36
Population
56
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
29
Scotland❚KW15 1AA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
56
Under 16
7%
16 - 64
77%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
52
Single
22
Married
16
Separated
1
Divorced
10
Widowed
3

Health

Population
56
Very good
38
Good
15
Fair
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
52
Scotland❚KW15 1AA❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
56
White British
10
White Scottish
45
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
56
England
12
Scotland
42
South Africa
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
56
Christian
35
No religion
16
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
36
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
3
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
2
Financial and insurance
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
50
Scotland❚KW15 1AA❚
Full-Time employee
26
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
3
Unemployed
1
Retired
8
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
36
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
7
Shared ownership
2
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
39
Occupied
36
Unoccupied
3
Detached
4
Semi detached
9
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
36
One person
20
Two people
14
Four people
2

Nearby postcodes

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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