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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
58
Population
139
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚KW15 1GQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
139
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
117
Single
25
Married
78
Separated
1
Divorced
7
Widowed
6

Health

Population
139
Very good
79
Good
48
Fair
9
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
117
Scotland❚KW15 1GQ❚
Degree or above
42
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
139
White British
19
White Scottish
119
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
139
England
20
Scotland
115
Wales
2
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
139
Christian
78
No religion
50
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
80
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
6
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
105
Scotland❚KW15 1GQ❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
25
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
61
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
3
Detached
55
Semi detached
5
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
14
Two people
24
Three people
10
Four people
8
Five people
1
Six people
1

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