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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 Small Town
Households
31
Population
54
Males
59%
Females
41%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
25
Scotland❚KW15 1ZQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
54
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
76%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
2%
16 - 29
41%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
6%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
49
Single
32
Married
12
Divorced
2
Widowed
3

Health

Population
54
Very good
28
Good
22
Fair
3
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
49
Scotland❚KW15 1ZQ❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
11
No qualifications
10

Ethnicity

Population
54
White British
7
White Scottish
42
White Polish
2
White Other
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
54
England
7
Scotland
42
Poland
2
USA
2

Religion

Population
54
Christian
14
Muslim
1
No religion
34
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
38
Manufacturing
3
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
43
Scotland❚KW15 1ZQ❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
6
Unemployed
1
Retired
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
31
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
6
Shared ownership
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
37
Occupied
31
Unoccupied
6
Detached
3
Semi detached
5
Terraced
3
Flat - purpose built
5
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
19

Household Size

All categoies
31
One person
14
Two people
12
Three people
4
Four people
1

Nearby postcodes

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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