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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
36
Population
90
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
25
Scotland❚KW15 1WW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
90
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
75
Single
16
Married
50
Separated
3
Divorced
3
Widowed
3

Health

Population
90
Very good
56
Good
23
Fair
8
Bad
2
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
75
Scotland❚KW15 1WW❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
11
No qualifications
11

Ethnicity

Population
90
White British
6
White Scottish
81
White Irish
1
Asian Pakistani
2

Country of Birth

Population
90
England
5
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
80
Wales
1
South Africa
1
Pakistan
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
90
Christian
43
Muslim
1
No religion
39
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
48
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
67
Scotland❚KW15 1WW❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
4
Unemployed
1
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
4
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
36
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
38
Occupied
36
Unoccupied
2
Detached
31
Semi detached
7

Household Size

All categoies
36
One person
7
Two people
20
Three people
3
Four people
3
Five people
2
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1GA KW15 1PE KW15 1PG KW15 1NJ KW15 1NG KW15 1PQ KW15 1NH KW15 1PH KW15 1PJ KW15 1NF KW15 1NE KW15 1HZ KW15 1ND KW15 1HT KW15 1NR KW15 1LH KW15 1NP KW15 1ZT KW15 1LJ KW15 1JT KW15 1JR KW15 1QP KW15 1JX KW15 1XP KW15 1NA KW15 1NB KW15 1LY

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