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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
60
Population
129
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚KW15 1WD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
16

Age Groups

Population
129
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
96
Single
42
Married
32
Separated
1
Divorced
18
Widowed
3

Health

Population
129
Very good
76
Good
39
Fair
9
Bad
4
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
96
Scotland❚KW15 1WD❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
129
White British
15
White Scottish
110
Asian Pakistani
4

Country of Birth

Population
129
England
15
Scotland
112
Ireland
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
129
Christian
48
Muslim
4
No religion
60
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
60
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
3
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
3
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
90
Scotland❚KW15 1WD❚
Full-Time employee
40
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
5
Unemployed
3
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
9
Shared ownership
13
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
61
Occupied
60
Unoccupied
1
Detached
8
Semi detached
48
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
27
Two people
16
Three people
6
Four people
5
Five people
4
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1RX KW15 1WU KW15 1RT KW15 1SL KW15 1TF KW15 1XJ KW15 1RF KW15 1EN KW15 1ES KW15 1PY KW15 1US KW15 1YF KW15 1UP KW15 1RU KW15 1SW KW15 1UQ KW15 1UR KW15 1SN KW15 1FX KW15 1FW KW15 1FF KW15 1XL KW15 1XT KW15 1XS KW15 1SP

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