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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
30
Population
65
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
27
Scotland❚KW15 1ER❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
65
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
48
Single
24
Married
8
Civil partnership
1
Separated
4
Divorced
7
Widowed
4

Health

Population
65
Very good
43
Good
19
Fair
2
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
48
Scotland❚KW15 1ER❚
Degree or above
3
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
65
White British
8
White Scottish
56
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
65
England
10
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
54

Religion

Population
65
Christian
17
No religion
40
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
30
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
47
Scotland❚KW15 1ER❚
Full-Time employee
22
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
1
Unemployed
4
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
5
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
30
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
30
Occupied
30
Detached
1
Semi detached
19
Terraced
10

Household Size

All categoies
30
One person
9
Two people
13
Three people
4
Four people
3
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1NZ KW15 1RW KW15 1RY KW15 1RL KW15 1EU

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