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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
59
Population
102
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚KW15 1AX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
102
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
34%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
10%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
80
Single
48
Married
12
Separated
5
Divorced
10
Widowed
5

Health

Population
102
Very good
55
Good
35
Fair
11
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
80
Scotland❚KW15 1AX❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
102
White British
10
White Scottish
83
White Polish
1
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Asian Chinese
2
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
102
England
7
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
87
Poland
1
Zimbabwe
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
Hungary
2

Religion

Population
102
Christian
35
Buddhist
2
No religion
56
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
57
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
8
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
71
Scotland❚KW15 1AX❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
7
Unemployed
2
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
59
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
10
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
22
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
59
Unoccupied
8
Detached
10
Semi detached
9
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
16
Flat - converted
15
Caravan
4

Household Size

All categoies
59
One person
32
Two people
16
Three people
6
Four people
5

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