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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
116
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚KW15 1EW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
116
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
99
Single
40
Married
41
Divorced
11
Widowed
7

Health

Population
116
Very good
58
Good
42
Fair
10
Bad
5
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
99
Scotland❚KW15 1EW❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
116
White British
17
White Scottish
96
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
116
England
13
Scotland
98
Wales
1
Australia
2
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
116
Christian
48
Other
1
No religion
61
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
70
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
7
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
94
Scotland❚KW15 1EW❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
5
Unemployed
3
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - council
17
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
56
Unoccupied
2
Detached
3
Semi detached
32
Terraced
23

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
19
Two people
22
Three people
8
Four people
6
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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