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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
61
Population
94
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
43
Scotland❚KW15 1EU❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
94
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
84
Single
31
Married
22
Separated
6
Divorced
9
Widowed
16

Health

Population
94
Very good
36
Good
46
Fair
10
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
84
Scotland❚KW15 1EU❚
Degree or above
9
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
94
White British
6
White Scottish
84
White Polish
4

Country of Birth

Population
94
England
9
Scotland
81
Poland
4

Religion

Population
94
Christian
49
No religion
37
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
51
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
8
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
1
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
73
Scotland❚KW15 1EU❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
2
Unemployed
3
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
61
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
18
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
61
Unoccupied
3
Detached
1
Semi detached
33
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
14

Household Size

All categoies
61
One person
40
Two people
13
Three people
4
Four people
4

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1NZ KW15 1RW KW15 1RY KW15 1RL KW15 1ER

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