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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
64
Population
146
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
50
Scotland❚KW15 1DB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
146
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
115
Single
57
Married
28
Separated
7
Divorced
14
Widowed
9

Health

Population
146
Very good
81
Good
39
Fair
21
Bad
3
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
115
Scotland❚KW15 1DB❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
146
White British
14
White Scottish
129
White Polish
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
146
England
14
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
128
Poland
1
Zimbabwe
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
146
Christian
63
Buddhist
1
Hindu
1
Jewish
1
No religion
69
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
67
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
5
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
5
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
108
Scotland❚KW15 1DB❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
5
Unemployed
9
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
6
Unemployed - Long term
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
64
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
11
Shared ownership
4
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
32
Rented - private landlord
7

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
64
Unoccupied
3
Detached
10
Semi detached
36
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
20

Household Size

All categoies
64
One person
20
Two people
25
Three people
9
Four people
5
Five people
3
Seven people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1TJ KW15 1UW KW15 1TN KW15 1BY 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 1GW

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