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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
51
Population
114
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
29
Scotland❚KW15 1LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
114
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
96
Single
18
Married
52
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
17

Health

Population
114
Very good
68
Good
34
Fair
8
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
96
Scotland❚KW15 1LS❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
114
White British
17
White Scottish
96
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
114
England
18
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
93
Wales
1
Zimbabwe
1

Religion

Population
114
Christian
60
No religion
54

Industry

Population
57
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
3
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
6
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
5
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
77
Scotland❚KW15 1LS❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
4
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
51
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
52
Occupied
51
Unoccupied
1
Detached
42
Semi detached
8
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
51
One person
16
Two people
17
Three people
9
Four people
8
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1LN KW15 1LT KW15 1YS KW15 1YN KW15 1YW KW15 1ZR KW15 1YR 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