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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
50
Population
109
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
35
Scotland❚KW15 1RF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
109
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
89
Single
21
Married
50
Separated
4
Divorced
6
Widowed
8

Health

Population
109
Very good
68
Good
30
Fair
10
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
89
Scotland❚KW15 1RF❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
109
White British
6
White Scottish
102
White Polish
1

Country of Birth

Population
109
England
6
Scotland
100
Poland
1
South America
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
109
Christian
73
No religion
36

Industry

Population
58
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
4
Manufacturing
4
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
4
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
78
Scotland❚KW15 1RF❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
4
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
50
Owned outright
28
Owned with mortgage
19
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
50
Occupied
50
Detached
21
Semi detached
28
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
50
One person
18
Two people
15
Three people
11
Four people
3
Five people
2
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1RX KW15 1WU KW15 1RT KW15 1SL KW15 1TF KW15 1XJ KW15 1WB KW15 1EN KW15 1ES KW15 1PY KW15 1US KW15 1YF KW15 1UP KW15 1RU KW15 1SW KW15 1UQ KW15 1UR KW15 1SN KW15 1FX KW15 1FW KW15 1FF KW15 1FE KW15 1WD KW15 1FH KW15 1FB KW15 1FG KW15 1XL KW15 1XT KW15 1FD KW15 1XS KW15 1SP

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