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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
52
Population
87
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚KW15 1NE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
87
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
76
Single
33
Married
29
Separated
2
Divorced
2
Widowed
10

Health

Population
87
Very good
54
Good
24
Fair
8
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
76
Scotland❚KW15 1NE❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
87
White British
11
White Scottish
73
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
87
England
14
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
71
Germany
1

Religion

Population
87
Christian
41
Other
1
No religion
41
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
54
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
5
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
70
Scotland❚KW15 1NE❚
Full-Time employee
38
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
11
Retired
14
Long-term sick/disabled
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
52
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
17
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
12

Housing Types

All categoies
54
Occupied
52
Unoccupied
2
Detached
15
Semi detached
23
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
5
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
52
One person
29
Two people
16
Three people
3
Four people
3
Five 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