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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
64
Population
108
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
56
Scotland❚KW15 1RH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
24

Age Groups

Population
108
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
81%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
34%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
97
Single
59
Married
18
Separated
5
Divorced
10
Widowed
5

Health

Population
108
Very good
53
Good
39
Fair
7
Bad
8
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
97
Scotland❚KW15 1RH❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
108
White British
11
White Scottish
95
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
108
England
10
Scotland
93
Wales
1
South Africa
3
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
108
Christian
49
No religion
56
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
63
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
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
11
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
16
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
95
Scotland❚KW15 1RH❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
9
Unemployed
11
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
64
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
8
Shared ownership
6
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
64
Unoccupied
3
Detached
9
Semi detached
5
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
36
Flat - converted
6
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
64
One person
40
Two people
16
Three people
4
Four people
1
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1ZN KW15 1XR KW15 1RD KW15 1GR KW15 1RN KW15 1RE KW15 1GJ KW15 1GL KW15 1GP KW15 1GE KW15 1GN KW15 1GT

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