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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
50
Population
109
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KW15 1AY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
109
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
86
Single
34
Married
30
Separated
6
Divorced
10
Widowed
6

Health

Population
109
Very good
66
Good
24
Fair
11
Bad
5
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
86
Scotland❚KW15 1AY❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
109
White British
16
White Scottish
86
White Polish
6
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
109
England
11
Scotland
86
Wales
4
Spain
1
Poland
6
Australia
1

Religion

Population
109
Christian
66
No religion
36
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
59
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
77
Scotland❚KW15 1AY❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
10
Unemployed
1
Retired
11
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
50
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
10
Shared ownership
15
Rented - other social
10
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
52
Occupied
50
Unoccupied
2
Detached
10
Semi detached
17
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
50
One person
20
Two people
15
Three people
6
Four people
6
Five people
1
Six 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