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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

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1PT KW15 1DE KW15 1FN KW15 1PS KW15 1PU KW15 1PP KW15 1PX KW15 1PR KW15 1PF KW15 1QJ KW15 1PW KW15 1PN KW15 1PL 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