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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
40
Population
87
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
27
Scotland❚KW15 1EN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
87
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
71
Single
21
Married
38
Separated
2
Divorced
5
Widowed
5

Health

Population
87
Very good
47
Good
34
Fair
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
71
Scotland❚KW15 1EN❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
87
White British
7
White Scottish
80

Country of Birth

Population
87
England
5
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
80
South America
1

Religion

Population
87
Christian
55
No religion
29
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
53
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
3
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
64
Scotland❚KW15 1EN❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
8
Unemployed
1
Retired
9
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
40
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
9
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
41
Occupied
40
Unoccupied
1
Detached
3
Semi detached
29
Terraced
9

Household Size

All categoies
40
One person
11
Two people
15
Three people
10
Four people
4

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1RX KW15 1WU KW15 1RT KW15 1SL KW15 1TF KW15 1XJ KW15 1WB KW15 1RF KW15 1PY KW15 1US KW15 1YF KW15 1UP KW15 1RU KW15 1SW KW15 1UQ KW15 1UR KW15 1SN KW15 1FX KW15 1FW KW15 1FF KW15 1FE KW15 1WD KW15 1FH KW15 1FB KW15 1FG KW15 1XL KW15 1XT KW15 1FD KW15 1XS KW15 1SP

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