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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
68
Population
150
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚KW15 1JH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
150
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
129
Single
42
Married
61
Separated
2
Divorced
12
Widowed
12

Health

Population
150
Very good
77
Good
51
Fair
16
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
129
Scotland❚KW15 1JH❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
150
White British
8
White Scottish
137
White Polish
3
White Irish
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
150
England
10
Scotland
133
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Poland
3
Canada
1

Religion

Population
150
Christian
93
Buddhist
2
No religion
44
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
89
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
12
Manufacturing
4
Construction
16
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
115
Scotland❚KW15 1JH❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
18
Unemployed
1
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
68
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
9
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
5

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
68
Unoccupied
3
Detached
20
Semi detached
24
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
68
One person
20
Two people
26
Three people
13
Four people
7
Five people
1
Six people
1

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