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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
37
Population
75
Males
40%
Females
60%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
32
Scotland❚KW15 1QL❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
75
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
55
Single
23
Married
14
Separated
2
Divorced
12
Widowed
4

Health

Population
75
Very good
29
Good
32
Fair
11
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
55
Scotland❚KW15 1QL❚
Degree or above
6
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
75
White British
2
White Scottish
68
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
75
England
4
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
66
Ireland
1
Lithuania
1
China
1

Religion

Population
75
Christian
41
Other
1
No religion
29
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
33
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
1
Administrative and support
3
Education
1
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
50
Scotland❚KW15 1QL❚
Full-Time employee
15
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
2
Unemployed
3
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
37
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
4
Rented - council
20
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
37
Occupied
37
Detached
7
Semi detached
13
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
37
One person
12
Two people
18
Three people
3
Four people
2
Five people
2

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