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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
53
Population
132
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚KW15 1UY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
132
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
94
Single
31
Married
44
Separated
4
Divorced
8
Widowed
7

Health

Population
132
Very good
72
Good
48
Fair
9
Bad
1
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
94
Scotland❚KW15 1UY❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
33
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
132
White British
11
White Scottish
121

Country of Birth

Population
132
England
10
Scotland
120
Germany
2

Religion

Population
132
Christian
48
Other
1
No religion
64
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
73
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
3
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
93
Scotland❚KW15 1UY❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
4
Unemployed
4
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
17
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
53
Occupied
53
Detached
6
Semi detached
19
Terraced
28

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
14
Two people
18
Three people
9
Four people
7
Five people
4
Seven 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 1UX 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