Logo of PostcodeInfo website

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
42
Population
86
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚KW15 1EE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
86
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
73
Single
23
Married
34
Separated
2
Divorced
5
Widowed
9

Health

Population
86
Very good
43
Good
35
Fair
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
73
Scotland❚KW15 1EE❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
86
White British
9
White Scottish
77

Country of Birth

Population
86
England
10
Scotland
75
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
86
Christian
42
No religion
38
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
47
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
61
Scotland❚KW15 1EE❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
6
Unemployed
1
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - council
5
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
42
Occupied
42
Detached
2
Semi detached
37
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
13
Two people
18
Three people
7
Four people
4

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1BJ KW15 1BL KW15 1BH KW15 1BG KW15 1BT KW15 1BQ KW15 1BW KW15 1BN KW15 1BP KW15 1BS KW15 1BZ KW15 1AY KW15 1BE KW15 1WX KW15 1AU KW15 1AX KW15 1AT KW15 1BU KW15 1EA KW15 1GH KW15 1DQ KW15 1EZ KW15 1DX KW15 1DU KW15 1DT KW15 1EF KW15 1EG KW15 1EQ KW15 1EH KW15 1EL KW15 1EJ KW15 1QF KW15 1EW KW15 1ET KW15 1QB KW15 1EP KW15 1QE KW15 1QD KW15 1QA KW15 1PZ KW15 1EB KW15 1QH KW15 1QQ KW15 1DY KW15 1DZ KW15 1JP KW15 1JW KW15 1JL KW15 1XY KW15 1JN KW15 1QG KW15 1JH KW15 1JJ KW15 1QW KW15 1JQ

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