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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
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

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