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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
133
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KW15 1BQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
133
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
117
Single
37
Married
58
Separated
2
Divorced
9
Widowed
11

Health

Population
133
Very good
61
Good
49
Fair
16
Bad
3
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
117
Scotland❚KW15 1BQ❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
133
White British
16
White Scottish
113
White Polish
1
White Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
133
England
16
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
109
Poland
1
India
1
Czech Republic
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
133
Christian
63
Hindu
1
No religion
49
Not stated
20

Industry

Population
78
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
8
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
100
Scotland❚KW15 1BQ❚
Full-Time employee
43
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
13
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
18
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
62
Occupied
60
Unoccupied
2
Detached
32
Semi detached
23
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
16
Two people
28
Three people
9
Four people
4
Five people
2
Seven people
1

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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