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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
43
Population
111
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
30
Scotland❚KW15 1FR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
4
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
111
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
89
Single
19
Married
62
Separated
1
Divorced
4
Widowed
3

Health

Population
111
Very good
69
Good
33
Fair
8
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
89
Scotland❚KW15 1FR❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
111
White British
5
White Scottish
106

Country of Birth

Population
111
England
7
Scotland
103
Wales
1

Religion

Population
111
Christian
56
No religion
53
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
58
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
7
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
81
Scotland❚KW15 1FR❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
6
Unemployed
2
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
43
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - other social
1
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
43
Occupied
43
Detached
42
Semi detached
1

Household Size

All categoies
43
One person
10
Two people
17
Three people
2
Four people
9
Five people
5

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1JU KW15 1JS KW15 1GS KW15 1GQ KW15 1FQ KW15 1UG KW15 1XU

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