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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
28
Population
69
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
17
Scotland❚KW15 1JX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
69
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
61
Single
13
Married
44
Divorced
1
Widowed
3

Health

Population
69
Very good
39
Good
23
Fair
6
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
61
Scotland❚KW15 1JX❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
15
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
69
White British
7
White Scottish
61
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
69
England
7
Scotland
59
Wales
2
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
69
Christian
45
Buddhist
1
No religion
18
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
41
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
57
Scotland❚KW15 1JX❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
4
Retired
14
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
28
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
13
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
28
Occupied
28
Detached
28

Household Size

All categoies
28
One person
4
Two people
15
Three people
2
Four people
6
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1GA KW15 1PE KW15 1PG KW15 1NJ KW15 1NG KW15 1PQ KW15 1NH KW15 1PH KW15 1PJ KW15 1NF KW15 1NE KW15 1HZ KW15 1ND KW15 1HT KW15 1NR KW15 1LH KW15 1NP KW15 1ZT KW15 1WW KW15 1LJ KW15 1JT KW15 1JR KW15 1QP KW15 1XP KW15 1NA KW15 1LX KW15 1QR KW15 1HN KW15 1NB KW15 1LY

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