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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
81
Population
128
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
57
Scotland❚KW15 9SY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
128
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
117
Single
45
Married
42
Separated
7
Divorced
9
Widowed
14

Health

Population
128
Very good
56
Good
50
Fair
21
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
117
Scotland❚KW15 9SY❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
128
White British
13
White Scottish
113
White Polish
1
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
128
England
14
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
111
Germany
1
Poland
1

Religion

Population
128
Christian
65
No religion
49
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
65
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
6
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
101
Scotland❚KW15 9SY❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
6
Unemployed
3
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
81
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
19
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
82
Occupied
81
Unoccupied
1
Detached
15
Semi detached
30
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
19
Flat - converted
11

Household Size

All categoies
81
One person
45
Two people
26
Three people
9
Four people
1

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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