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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
67
Population
154
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
54
Scotland❚KW15 1QN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
14
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
154
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
118
Single
45
Married
39
Separated
6
Divorced
17
Widowed
11

Health

Population
154
Very good
91
Good
50
Fair
10
Bad
2
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
118
Scotland❚KW15 1QN❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
154
White British
12
White Scottish
139
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
154
England
11
Scotland
141
Philippines
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
154
Christian
57
Other
1
No religion
89
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
88
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
8
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
1
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
112
Scotland❚KW15 1QN❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
13
Unemployed
3
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
67
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - council
21
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
68
Occupied
67
Unoccupied
1
Detached
14
Semi detached
24
Terraced
30

Household Size

All categoies
67
One person
20
Two people
22
Three people
14
Four people
8
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1PT KW15 1DE KW15 1FN KW15 1PS KW15 1PU KW15 1PP KW15 1PX KW15 1PR KW15 1PF KW15 1QL 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

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