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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall West and Orphir
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
62
Population
141
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚KW15 1ZH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
141
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
30%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
118
Single
36
Married
56
Separated
3
Divorced
9
Widowed
14

Health

Population
141
Very good
86
Good
46
Fair
7
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
118
Scotland❚KW15 1ZH❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
14
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
141
White British
3
White Scottish
137
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
141
England
4
Scotland
136
Canada
1

Religion

Population
141
Christian
63
Buddhist
1
No religion
55
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
89
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Mining
3
Manufacturing
4
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
106
Scotland❚KW15 1ZH❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
17
Unemployed
2
Retired
11
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
62
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
15
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
62
Occupied
62
Detached
52
Semi detached
5
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
62
One person
24
Two people
15
Three people
8
Four people
12
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1LR KW15 1RR KW15 1UH KW15 1FJ KW15 1RP

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