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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
60
Population
128
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚KW15 1AZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
128
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
109
Single
32
Married
54
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
15

Health

Population
128
Very good
73
Good
35
Fair
16
Bad
3
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
109
Scotland❚KW15 1AZ❚
Degree or above
39
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
128
White British
17
White Scottish
108
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
128
England
17
Scotland
109
Wales
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
128
Christian
81
Other
1
No religion
37
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
65
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
4
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
97
Scotland❚KW15 1AZ❚
Full-Time employee
38
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
11
Unemployed
1
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
60
Unoccupied
4
Detached
38
Semi detached
17
Terraced
9

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
19
Two people
25
Three people
7
Four people
7
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1TJ KW15 1UW KW15 1TN KW15 1BY KW15 1WY KW15 1BB KW15 1SH KW15 1SQ KW15 1BF KW15 1DR KW15 1DL KW15 1EX KW15 1FY KW15 1FT KW15 1GW KW15 1DB

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