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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
58
Population
115
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚KW15 1BU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
115
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
102
Single
35
Married
46
Separated
5
Divorced
7
Widowed
9

Health

Population
115
Very good
61
Good
39
Fair
14
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
102
Scotland❚KW15 1BU❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
115
White British
15
White Scottish
98
White Polish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
115
England
11
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
99
Poland
1
Czech Republic
1
Singapore
1

Religion

Population
115
Christian
60
No religion
46
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
71
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
94
Scotland❚KW15 1BU❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
8
Unemployed
1
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
12
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
58
Detached
15
Semi detached
25
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - converted
9

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
23
Two people
23
Three people
6
Four people
4
Five people
1
Six people
1

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