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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
70
Population
175
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚KW15 1RT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
175
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
133
Single
34
Married
74
Separated
4
Divorced
10
Widowed
11

Health

Population
175
Very good
105
Good
56
Fair
10
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
133
Scotland❚KW15 1RT❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
No qualifications
33

Ethnicity

Population
175
White British
19
White Scottish
156

Country of Birth

Population
175
England
18
Scotland
152
Germany
1
Hungary
1
Singapore
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
175
Christian
87
Buddhist
1
No religion
70
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
88
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
3
Manufacturing
3
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
4
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
119
Scotland❚KW15 1RT❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
23
Self employed
6
Unemployed
1
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
6
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
70
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
21
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
75
Occupied
70
Unoccupied
5
Detached
44
Semi detached
30
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
70
One person
15
Two people
26
Three people
19
Four people
7
Five people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1RX KW15 1WU KW15 1SL KW15 1TF KW15 1XJ KW15 1WB KW15 1RF KW15 1EN KW15 1ES KW15 1PY 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