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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
48
Population
83
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
33
Scotland❚KW15 1QF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
83
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
28%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
75
Single
23
Married
30
Separated
3
Divorced
9
Widowed
10

Health

Population
83
Very good
47
Good
20
Fair
14
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
75
Scotland❚KW15 1QF❚
Degree or above
13
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
83
White British
9
White Scottish
73
White Polish
1

Country of Birth

Population
83
England
9
Scotland
71
Germany
2
Poland
1

Religion

Population
83
Christian
44
No religion
35
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
41
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
4
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
68
Scotland❚KW15 1QF❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
3
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
12
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
49
Occupied
48
Unoccupied
1
Detached
9
Semi detached
29
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
24
Two people
15
Three people
8
Five people
1

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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