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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
67
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
33
Scotland❚KW15 1JL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
67
Under 16
4%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
9%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
64
Single
38
Married
11
Separated
1
Divorced
9
Widowed
5

Health

Population
67
Very good
21
Good
26
Fair
13
Bad
6
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
64
Scotland❚KW15 1JL❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
15
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
67
White British
2
White Scottish
63
White Irish
2

Country of Birth

Population
67
England
5
Scotland
61
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
67
Christian
35
Buddhist
2
Other
1
No religion
27
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
39
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
1
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
1
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚KW15 1JL❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
3
Unemployed
3
Retired
9
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
14
Rented - private landlord
13
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
51
Occupied
48
Unoccupied
3
Detached
9
Semi detached
15
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
9
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
36
Two people
8
Three people
3
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