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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
48
Population
70
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KW15 1HF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
70
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
31%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
63
Single
34
Married
4
Separated
3
Divorced
16
Widowed
6

Health

Population
70
Very good
26
Good
33
Fair
9
Bad
1
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
63
Scotland❚KW15 1HF❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
8
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
70
White British
5
White Scottish
61
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
70
England
5
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
61
Middle East
1
Czech Republic
1

Religion

Population
70
Christian
25
Jewish
1
No religion
38
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
45
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
58
Scotland❚KW15 1HF❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
5
Unemployed
3
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
1
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - council
17
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
63
Occupied
48
Unoccupied
15
Detached
2
Semi detached
7
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
29
Flat - converted
8
Flat - in commerical building
8

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
32
Two people
12
Three people
2
Four people
2

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