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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 Rural
Households
56
Population
141
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚KW15 1SD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
141
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
110
Single
33
Married
71
Separated
1
Divorced
4
Widowed
1

Health

Population
141
Very good
93
Good
34
Fair
10
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
110
Scotland❚KW15 1SD❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
141
White British
11
White Scottish
128
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
141
England
12
Scotland
123
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
South Africa
2

Religion

Population
141
Christian
79
Other
1
No religion
50
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
80
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
5
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
6
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
106
Scotland❚KW15 1SD❚
Full-Time employee
54
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
11
Unemployed
3
Retired
18
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
56
Occupied
56
Detached
49
Semi detached
6
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
10
Two people
27
Three people
7
Four people
8
Five people
4

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