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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
59
Population
125
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚KW15 1BY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
125
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
90
Single
40
Married
31
Separated
4
Divorced
8
Widowed
7

Health

Population
125
Very good
72
Good
30
Fair
13
Bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
90
Scotland❚KW15 1BY❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
125
White British
18
White Scottish
105
White Polish
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
125
England
18
Scotland
105
Poland
1

Religion

Population
125
Christian
56
Other
1
No religion
52
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
54
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
82
Scotland❚KW15 1BY❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
3
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
59
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
13
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
31
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
59
Detached
16
Semi detached
21
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
15
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
59
One person
33
Two people
8
Three people
1
Four people
13
Five people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1TJ KW15 1UW KW15 1TN KW15 1WY KW15 1BB KW15 1SH KW15 1SQ KW15 1BD KW15 1AZ KW15 1BA 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