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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
49
Population
95
Males
40%
Females
60%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
23
Scotland❚KW15 1DL❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
95
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
53%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
78
Single
30
Married
20
Separated
1
Divorced
10
Widowed
17

Health

Population
95
Very good
33
Good
26
Fair
19
Bad
11
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
78
Scotland❚KW15 1DL❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
4
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
95
White British
6
White Scottish
89

Country of Birth

Population
95
England
8
Scotland
87

Religion

Population
95
Christian
49
No religion
36
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
28
Manufacturing
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
6
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
58
Scotland❚KW15 1DL❚
Full-Time employee
17
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
1
Unemployed
3
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
49
Owned outright
1
Owned with mortgage
3
Shared ownership
3
Rented - council
12
Rented - other social
28
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
51
Occupied
49
Unoccupied
2
Detached
4
Semi detached
33
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
49
One person
27
Two people
8
Three people
9
Five people
5

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 1DR 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