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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
38
Population
134
Males
38%
Females
62%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
25
Scotland❚KW15 1SQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
134
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
46%
65 or over
42%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
7%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
37%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
122
Single
36
Married
45
Separated
3
Divorced
3
Widowed
35

Health

Population
134
Very good
53
Good
32
Fair
23
Bad
6
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
122
Scotland❚KW15 1SQ❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
134
White British
9
White Scottish
117
White Irish
3
White Other
1
Asian Bangladeshi
4

Country of Birth

Population
134
England
9
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
118
Bangladesh
3
Netherlands
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
134
Christian
54
Muslim
4
No religion
29
Not stated
47

Industry

Population
50
Manufacturing
4
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
69
Scotland❚KW15 1SQ❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
6
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
38
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
53
Occupied
38
Unoccupied
15
Detached
25
Semi detached
8
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
38
One person
11
Two people
17
Three people
2
Four people
6
Five people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1TJ KW15 1UW KW15 1TN KW15 1BY KW15 1SH 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