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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall West and Orphir
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
48
Population
98
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KW15 1HY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
98
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
77
Single
33
Married
32
Divorced
4
Widowed
8

Health

Population
98
Very good
71
Good
23
Fair
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
77
Scotland❚KW15 1HY❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
98
White British
12
White Scottish
83
Asian Indian
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
98
England
15
Scotland
80
India
2
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
98
Christian
39
Hindu
2
No religion
49
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
61
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
69
Scotland❚KW15 1HY❚
Full-Time employee
40
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
7
Retired
4
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
3

Housing Types

All categoies
53
Occupied
48
Unoccupied
5
Detached
8
Semi detached
11
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
23
Two people
11
Three people
7
Four people
5
Six 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