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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
54
Population
124
Males
45%
Females
55%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
40
Scotland❚KW15 1YW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
124
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
101
Single
31
Married
52
Separated
3
Divorced
13
Widowed
2

Health

Population
124
Very good
63
Good
45
Fair
14
Bad
1
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
101
Scotland❚KW15 1YW❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
124
White British
8
White Scottish
116

Country of Birth

Population
124
England
6
Scotland
117
Germany
1

Religion

Population
124
Christian
57
No religion
55
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
68
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
98
Scotland❚KW15 1YW❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
10
Unemployed
2
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
14
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - other social
27

Housing Types

All categoies
56
Occupied
54
Unoccupied
2
Detached
28
Semi detached
27
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
15
Two people
21
Three people
6
Four people
11
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1LL KW15 1LN KW15 1LW KW15 1LS KW15 1LT KW15 1LP KW15 1YS KW15 1ZR KW15 1YR KW15 1TD

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