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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
28
Population
56
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
21
Scotland❚KW15 1BX❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
3
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
56
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
23%
16 - 29
29%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
42
Single
18
Married
12
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
3

Health

Population
56
Very good
26
Good
19
Fair
7
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
42
Scotland❚KW15 1BX❚
Degree or above
5
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
4
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
56
White British
7
White Scottish
42
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Bangladeshi
3

Country of Birth

Population
56
England
9
Scotland
43
Wales
1
China
3

Religion

Population
56
Christian
11
Muslim
4
No religion
36
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
24
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
1

Economic Activity

Population
38
Scotland❚KW15 1BX❚
Full-Time employee
14
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
2
Unemployed
3
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
28
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
2
Rented - other social
17
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
28
Occupied
28
Detached
3
Semi detached
3
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
28
One person
13
Two people
6
Three people
5
Four people
4

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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