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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
57
Population
150
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚KW15 1RB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
150
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
126
Single
26
Married
85
Separated
1
Divorced
5
Widowed
9

Health

Population
150
Very good
101
Good
39
Fair
8
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
126
Scotland❚KW15 1RB❚
Degree or above
40
2+ A Levels or equivalent
18
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
150
White British
10
White Scottish
138
White Irish
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
150
England
9
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
136
Middle East
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
150
Christian
87
Other
1
No religion
52
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
89
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
4
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
7
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
116
Scotland❚KW15 1RB❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
13
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
2
Detached
58
Semi detached
1

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
8
Two people
22
Three people
15
Four people
9
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1XF KW15 1XG KW15 1XD KW15 1XQ KW15 1XH KW15 1NT KW15 1UD KW15 1TL KW15 1SZ

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