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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
122
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
34
Scotland❚KW15 1BJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
122
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
109
Single
23
Married
68
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
9

Health

Population
122
Very good
59
Good
44
Fair
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
109
Scotland❚KW15 1BJ❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
37

Ethnicity

Population
122
White British
16
White Scottish
105
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
122
England
16
Scotland
105

Religion

Population
122
Christian
89
No religion
26
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
63
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
3
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
4
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
88
Scotland❚KW15 1BJ❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
6
Unemployed
2
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
1
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
37
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
60
Occupied
60
Detached
39
Semi detached
21

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
22
Two people
25
Three people
5
Four people
7
Five people
1

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