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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall East
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
33
Population
57
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
26
Scotland❚KW15 1UN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
57
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
50
Single
19
Married
20
Divorced
7
Widowed
4

Health

Population
57
Very good
25
Good
15
Fair
13
Bad
3
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
50
Scotland❚KW15 1UN❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
8
No qualifications
14

Ethnicity

Population
57
White British
7
White Scottish
47
White Other
1
Mixed Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
57
England
7
Scotland
48
Germany
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
57
Christian
30
No religion
26
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
32
Manufacturing
2
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
2
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
44
Scotland❚KW15 1UN❚
Full-Time employee
20
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
3
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
33
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
15
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
33
Occupied
33
Detached
6
Semi detached
15
Terraced
12

Household Size

All categoies
33
One person
18
Two people
9
Three people
3
Four people
3

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1PT KW15 1DE KW15 1FN KW15 1PS KW15 1PU KW15 1PP KW15 1PX KW15 1PR KW15 1PF KW15 1QL KW15 1QJ KW15 1PW KW15 1PN KW15 1PL KW15 1HA KW15 1EY KW15 1UX KW15 1UZ KW15 1UY KW15 1UU KW15 1XE KW15 1XA KW15 1XB KW15 1UT KW15 1QN

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