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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

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1RX KW15 1WU KW15 1RT KW15 1SL KW15 1TF KW15 1XJ 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 1FF KW15 1FE KW15 1WD KW15 1FH KW15 1FB KW15 1FG KW15 1FD

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