Logo of PostcodeInfo website

Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall East
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
66
Population
139
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KW15 1PW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
139
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
118
Single
36
Married
66
Separated
1
Divorced
5
Widowed
10

Health

Population
139
Very good
74
Good
41
Fair
23
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
118
Scotland❚KW15 1PW❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
139
White British
9
White Scottish
120
White Polish
2
White Other
8

Country of Birth

Population
139
England
7
Scotland
122
Wales
1
Poland
2
South Africa
1
Australia
1
Netherlands
2

Religion

Population
139
Christian
68
No religion
56
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
62
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
5
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
100
Scotland❚KW15 1PW❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
5
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
66
Owned outright
31
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
66
Occupied
66
Detached
9
Semi detached
48
Terraced
7
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
66
One person
21
Two people
28
Three people
9
Four people
5
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1PT KW15 1DE KW15 1FN KW15 1PU KW15 1PF KW15 1QL KW15 1QJ 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