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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
56
Population
120
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚KW15 1EP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
120
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
101
Single
32
Married
42
Separated
3
Divorced
13
Widowed
11

Health

Population
120
Very good
48
Good
56
Fair
13
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
101
Scotland❚KW15 1EP❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
120
White British
7
White Scottish
107
White Polish
3
Asian Pakistani
3

Country of Birth

Population
120
England
6
Scotland
106
Wales
1
Poland
3
South Africa
3
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
120
Christian
53
Muslim
3
Other
1
No religion
56
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
73
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
5
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
94
Scotland❚KW15 1EP❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
8
Unemployed
1
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
8
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
56
Occupied
56
Detached
1
Semi detached
28
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
17
Two people
25
Three people
5
Four people
8
Six people
1

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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