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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
137
Males
58%
Females
42%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
59
Scotland❚KW15 1LN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
21

Age Groups

Population
137
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
111
Single
46
Married
40
Separated
7
Divorced
15
Widowed
3

Health

Population
137
Very good
73
Good
49
Fair
13
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
111
Scotland❚KW15 1LN❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
137
White British
16
White Scottish
109
White Irish
1
White Other
11

Country of Birth

Population
137
England
18
Scotland
108
Germany
1
USA
4
Australia
1
Slovakia
2

Religion

Population
137
Christian
54
No religion
72
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
76
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
11
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
106
Scotland❚KW15 1LN❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
9
Unemployed
8
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
68
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
11
Shared ownership
7
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
25
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
69
Occupied
68
Unoccupied
1
Detached
16
Semi detached
28
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
21

Household Size

All categoies
68
One person
28
Two people
20
Three people
12
Four people
7
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1LL KW15 1LW KW15 1LS KW15 1LT KW15 1LP KW15 1YN KW15 1YW KW15 1ZR KW15 1YP KW15 1YT KW15 1YU KW15 1TD

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