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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
28
Population
59
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
18
Scotland❚KW15 1RW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
59
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
15%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
52
Single
13
Married
24
Separated
1
Divorced
5
Widowed
9

Health

Population
59
Very good
28
Good
22
Fair
6
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
52
Scotland❚KW15 1RW❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
4
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
59
White British
2
White Scottish
54
White Irish
1
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
59
England
4
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
52
France
1

Religion

Population
59
Christian
35
No religion
17
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
32
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
2
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
42
Scotland❚KW15 1RW❚
Full-Time employee
21
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
5
Unemployed
1
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
28
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
29
Occupied
28
Unoccupied
1
Detached
22
Semi detached
5
Terraced
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
28
One person
9
Two people
11
Three people
5
Four people
2
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1NZ KW15 1RL KW15 1EU KW15 1ER

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