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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
55
Population
118
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚KW15 1NQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
118
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
98
Single
43
Married
36
Separated
5
Divorced
6
Widowed
8

Health

Population
118
Very good
64
Good
47
Fair
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
98
Scotland❚KW15 1NQ❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
118
White British
11
White Scottish
101
White Other
1
Asian Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
118
England
12
Scotland
99
South Africa
2
Philippines
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
118
Christian
48
Buddhist
1
No religion
51
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
71
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
90
Scotland❚KW15 1NQ❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
7
Unemployed
3
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
2
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
55
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
9
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
55
Occupied
55
Detached
12
Semi detached
38
Terraced
3
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
55
One person
16
Two people
25
Three people
7
Four people
5
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1PG KW15 1NG 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 1JX 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