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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
61
Population
147
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
43
Scotland❚KW15 1XT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
147
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
113
Single
30
Married
65
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
4
Widowed
8

Health

Population
147
Very good
91
Good
47
Fair
7
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
113
Scotland❚KW15 1XT❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
147
White British
6
White Scottish
141

Country of Birth

Population
147
England
7
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
138

Religion

Population
147
Christian
90
No religion
49
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
86
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
4
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
104
Scotland❚KW15 1XT❚
Full-Time employee
50
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
9
Unemployed
1
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
61
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
14
Shared ownership
15
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
63
Occupied
61
Unoccupied
2
Detached
39
Semi detached
23
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
61
One person
17
Two people
23
Three people
8
Four people
8
Five people
4
Six people
1

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