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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
59
Population
114
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
43
Scotland❚KW15 1PT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
114
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
22%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
104
Single
32
Married
53
Separated
4
Divorced
4
Widowed
11

Health

Population
114
Very good
65
Good
40
Fair
7
Bad
1
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
104
Scotland❚KW15 1PT❚
Degree or above
36
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
12
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
114
White British
12
White Scottish
94
White Polish
1
White Other
6
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
114
England
16
Scotland
90
Germany
1
Poland
1
Romania
1
Nigeria
3

Religion

Population
114
Christian
58
No religion
47
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
70
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Mining
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
93
Scotland❚KW15 1PT❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
8
Unemployed
2
Retired
16
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
59
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
6

Housing Types

All categoies
61
Occupied
59
Unoccupied
2
Detached
43
Semi detached
12
Terraced
2
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
59
One person
26
Two people
17
Three people
12
Four people
2
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1FN KW15 1PS KW15 1PP KW15 1PX KW15 1PR KW15 1PF KW15 1QL KW15 1QJ KW15 1PW KW15 1PN KW15 1PL KW15 1HA KW15 1EY KW15 1UN KW15 1UX KW15 1UZ KW15 1UY KW15 1UU KW15 1XE KW15 1XA KW15 1XB KW15 1UT KW15 1QN

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