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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall East
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
53
Population
105
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚KW15 1EB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
105
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
33%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
90
Single
43
Married
27
Separated
3
Divorced
14
Widowed
3

Health

Population
105
Very good
45
Good
45
Fair
10
Bad
3
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
90
Scotland❚KW15 1EB❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
105
White British
11
White Scottish
92
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
105
England
7
Scotland
95
Wales
1
Ireland
1
France
1

Religion

Population
105
Christian
38
No religion
62
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
63
Mining
3
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
5
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
87
Scotland❚KW15 1EB❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
6
Unemployed
6
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
13
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
15
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
53
Unoccupied
4
Detached
7
Semi detached
17
Terraced
12
Flat - purpose built
14
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
24
Two people
16
Three people
6
Four people
5
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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