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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
34
Population
93
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
25
Scotland❚KW15 1TP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
93
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
77
Single
15
Married
53
Separated
1
Divorced
3
Widowed
5

Health

Population
93
Very good
58
Good
22
Fair
12
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
77
Scotland❚KW15 1TP❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
14

Ethnicity

Population
93
White British
9
White Scottish
79
White Other
2
Asian Chinese
3

Country of Birth

Population
93
England
7
Scotland
82
China
2
Canada
1

Religion

Population
93
Christian
53
No religion
32
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
51
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
5
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
71
Scotland❚KW15 1TP❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
6
Unemployed
1
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
34
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
34
Occupied
34
Detached
31
Semi detached
2
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
34
One person
5
Two people
17
Three people
3
Four people
4
Five people
3
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

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