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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
69
Population
172
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚KW15 1SF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
172
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
140
Single
40
Married
80
Separated
3
Divorced
12
Widowed
5

Health

Population
172
Very good
103
Good
48
Fair
16
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
140
Scotland❚KW15 1SF❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
172
White British
27
White Scottish
145

Country of Birth

Population
172
England
28
Scotland
143
Wales
1

Religion

Population
172
Christian
85
Other
1
No religion
73
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
99
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Mining
2
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
6
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
132
Scotland❚KW15 1SF❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
25
Unemployed
2
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
69
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
73
Occupied
69
Unoccupied
4
Detached
58
Semi detached
11
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
69
One person
19
Two people
23
Three people
6
Four people
16
Five people
5

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