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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
41
Population
75
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
27
Scotland❚KW15 1HX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
75
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
65
Single
32
Married
21
Separated
1
Divorced
5
Widowed
6

Health

Population
75
Very good
44
Good
26
Fair
3
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
65
Scotland❚KW15 1HX❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
10

Ethnicity

Population
75
White British
12
White Scottish
54
White Other
7
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
75
England
12
Scotland
53
Germany
1
South Africa
2
Australia
2
Czech Republic
3
Hungary
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
75
Christian
22
Sikh
1
Other
3
No religion
46
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
40
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
54
Scotland❚KW15 1HX❚
Full-Time employee
27
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
4
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
41
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
8
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
43
Occupied
41
Unoccupied
2
Detached
6
Semi detached
14
Terraced
13
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
41
One person
18
Two people
14
Three people
7
Four people
2

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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