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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
50
Population
127
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚KW15 1UT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
127
Under 16
32%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
86
Single
36
Married
34
Separated
1
Divorced
9
Widowed
6

Health

Population
127
Very good
66
Good
44
Fair
14
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
86
Scotland❚KW15 1UT❚
Degree or above
9
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
127
White British
11
White Scottish
114
White Polish
2

Country of Birth

Population
127
England
8
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
114
Wales
1
Germany
1
Poland
2

Religion

Population
127
Christian
56
No religion
68
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
59
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
1
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
83
Scotland❚KW15 1UT❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
4
Unemployed
3
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
50
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
19
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
51
Occupied
50
Unoccupied
1
Semi detached
17
Terraced
32
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
50
One person
16
Two people
15
Three people
7
Four people
5
Five people
4
Six people
1
Seven people
2

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 1UN KW15 1UX KW15 1UZ KW15 1UY KW15 1UU KW15 1XE 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