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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
36
Population
76
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
22
Scotland❚KW15 1RA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
76
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
68
Single
16
Married
37
Separated
1
Divorced
4
Widowed
10

Health

Population
76
Very good
44
Good
21
Fair
5
Bad
3
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
68
Scotland❚KW15 1RA❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
76
White British
5
White Scottish
69
White Irish
2

Country of Birth

Population
76
England
5
Scotland
71

Religion

Population
76
Christian
47
Other
2
No religion
25
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
48
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
3
Manufacturing
3
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚KW15 1RA❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
7
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
36
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
36
Unoccupied
4
Detached
32
Semi detached
7
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
36
One person
12
Two people
13
Three people
7
Four people
3
Five people
1

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