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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall West and Orphir
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
25
Population
59
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
18
Scotland❚KW15 1PY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
1

Age Groups

Population
59
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
51
Single
16
Married
27
Divorced
3
Widowed
5

Health

Population
59
Very good
32
Good
20
Fair
6
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
51
Scotland❚KW15 1PY❚
Degree or above
9
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
59
White British
4
White Scottish
55

Country of Birth

Population
59
England
5
Scotland
54

Religion

Population
59
Christian
34
No religion
22
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
34
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
42
Scotland❚KW15 1PY❚
Full-Time employee
19
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
4
Unemployed
2
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
1
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
25
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
25
Occupied
25
Detached
15
Semi detached
6
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
25
One person
7
Two people
8
Three people
7
Four people
2
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1RX KW15 1WU KW15 1RT KW15 1SL KW15 1TF KW15 1XJ KW15 1WB KW15 1RF KW15 1EN KW15 1ES KW15 1US KW15 1YF KW15 1UP KW15 1RU KW15 1SW KW15 1UQ KW15 1UR KW15 1SN KW15 1FX KW15 1FW KW15 1FF KW15 1FE KW15 1WD KW15 1FH KW15 1FB KW15 1FG KW15 1XL KW15 1XT KW15 1FD KW15 1XS KW15 1SP

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