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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
59
Population
145
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚KW15 1UU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
145
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
112
Single
44
Married
42
Separated
4
Divorced
19
Widowed
3

Health

Population
145
Very good
91
Good
39
Fair
11
Bad
3
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
112
Scotland❚KW15 1UU❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
145
White British
13
White Scottish
126
White Other
5
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
145
England
15
Scotland
124
Germany
1
Hong Kong
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
145
Christian
53
No religion
80
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
84
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Mining
2
Manufacturing
6
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
4
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
109
Scotland❚KW15 1UU❚
Full-Time employee
54
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
6
Unemployed
4
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
59
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
17
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
59
Detached
2
Semi detached
18
Terraced
38
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
59
One person
12
Two people
23
Three people
10
Four people
13
Five people
1

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 1UZ KW15 1UY 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