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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
75
Population
177
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
61
Scotland❚KW15 1XJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
23

Age Groups

Population
177
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
137
Single
57
Married
57
Separated
3
Divorced
14
Widowed
6

Health

Population
177
Very good
94
Good
57
Fair
21
Bad
3
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
137
Scotland❚KW15 1XJ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
31
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
177
White British
25
White Scottish
147
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
177
England
25
Scotland
148
Pakistan
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
177
Christian
88
Muslim
2
No religion
80
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
94
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
4
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
11
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
133
Scotland❚KW15 1XJ❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
7
Unemployed
6
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
18
Shared ownership
14
Rented - other social
32
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
76
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
1
Detached
19
Semi detached
36
Terraced
14
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
24
Two people
20
Three people
13
Four people
16
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1RX KW15 1WU KW15 1RT KW15 1SL KW15 1TF KW15 1WB 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 1FE KW15 1WD KW15 1FH KW15 1FB KW15 1FG KW15 1XL KW15 1XT KW15 1FD 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