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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall East
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
42
Population
120
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KW15 1FN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
18

Age Groups

Population
120
Under 16
42%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
30%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
8%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
70
Single
30
Married
22
Separated
10
Divorced
6
Widowed
2

Health

Population
120
Very good
81
Good
28
Fair
10
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
70
Scotland❚KW15 1FN❚
Degree or above
8
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
120
White British
24
White Scottish
87
White Polish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
120
England
21
Scotland
89
Wales
1
Poland
1
China
2
Singapore
2

Religion

Population
120
Christian
35
Buddhist
1
No religion
74
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
36
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
4
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
69
Scotland❚KW15 1FN❚
Full-Time employee
20
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
2
Unemployed
8
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
2
Owned with mortgage
4
Shared ownership
9
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
24
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
45
Occupied
42
Unoccupied
3
Detached
10
Semi detached
23
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
3

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
9
Two people
9
Three people
10
Four people
8
Five people
5
Six people
1

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KW15 1PT KW15 1DE KW15 1PS KW15 1PU KW15 1PP KW15 1PX KW15 1PR KW15 1PF KW15 1QL KW15 1QJ KW15 1PW KW15 1PN KW15 1PL KW15 1UN KW15 1UX KW15 1UZ KW15 1UY KW15 1UU KW15 1XE KW15 1XA KW15 1XB KW15 1UT KW15 1QN

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