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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
35
Population
52
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
20
Scotland❚KW15 1EL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
52
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
35%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
35%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
48
Single
16
Married
18
Separated
1
Divorced
6
Widowed
7

Health

Population
52
Very good
14
Good
25
Fair
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
48
Scotland❚KW15 1EL❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
1
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
5
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
13
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
52
White British
2
White Scottish
50

Country of Birth

Population
52
England
2
Scotland
49
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
52
Christian
34
Buddhist
1
No religion
15
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
23
Water supply and waste management
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
41
Scotland❚KW15 1EL❚
Full-Time employee
12
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
3
Unemployed
1
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
35
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
2
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
7
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
35
Occupied
35
Detached
14
Semi detached
10
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
35
One person
24
Two people
8
Three people
1
Four people
1
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1BJ KW15 1BL KW15 1BH KW15 1BG KW15 1BT KW15 1BQ 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 1EE 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