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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
62
Population
169
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚KW15 1SH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
169
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
128
Single
28
Married
82
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
10

Health

Population
169
Very good
115
Good
44
Fair
7
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
128
Scotland❚KW15 1SH❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
169
White British
18
White Scottish
151

Country of Birth

Population
169
England
18
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
146
Germany
1
South Africa
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
169
Christian
85
Other
2
No religion
72
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
92
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
19
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
4
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
117
Scotland❚KW15 1SH❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
12
Unemployed
5
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
62
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
62
Occupied
62
Detached
48
Semi detached
8
Terraced
2
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
62
One person
12
Two people
20
Three people
10
Four people
13
Five people
7

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1BY KW15 1WY KW15 1BB KW15 1SQ KW15 1BD KW15 1AZ KW15 1BA KW15 1BF KW15 1DR KW15 1DL KW15 1EX KW15 1FY KW15 1FT KW15 1GW KW15 1DB

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