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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
52
Population
105
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
35
Scotland❚KW15 1QB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
105
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
30%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
99
Single
35
Married
42
Separated
1
Divorced
12
Widowed
9

Health

Population
105
Very good
51
Good
36
Fair
15
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
99
Scotland❚KW15 1QB❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
105
White British
7
White Scottish
95
White Other
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
105
England
9
Scotland
92
France
2
South Africa
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
105
Christian
45
No religion
47
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
60
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
8
Education
2
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
93
Scotland❚KW15 1QB❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
6
Unemployed
4
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
52
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
6
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
56
Occupied
52
Unoccupied
4
Detached
2
Semi detached
32
Terraced
21
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
52
One person
16
Two people
24
Three people
9
Four people
1
Five people
2

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