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Administrative Areas

Ward
Stromness and South Isles
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
59
Population
98
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚KW16 3BY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
98
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
86
Single
37
Married
27
Separated
7
Divorced
10
Widowed
5

Health

Population
98
Very good
62
Good
34
Fair
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
86
Scotland❚KW16 3BY❚
Degree or above
53
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
8
No qualifications
5

Ethnicity

Population
98
White British
22
White Scottish
68
White Other
4
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
98
England
31
Scotland
59
France
2
Nigeria
2
USA
2
Australia
1
Czech Republic
1

Religion

Population
98
Christian
35
No religion
53
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
64
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
10
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
79
Scotland❚KW16 3BY❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
20
Unemployed
2
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
1
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
59
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
17
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
66
Occupied
59
Unoccupied
7
Detached
22
Semi detached
18
Terraced
10
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
10

Household Size

All categoies
59
One person
33
Two people
15
Three people
9
Four people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW16 3DU KW16 3DG KW16 3DE KW16 3DY KW16 3DX KW16 3BQ KW16 3BG KW16 3EH KW16 3AX KW16 3AU KW16 3DZ KW16 3EA KW16 3AT KW16 3AS KW16 3BF KW16 3AY KW16 3AZ KW16 3ED KW16 3DF KW16 3DD KW16 3EB KW16 3DA KW16 3DB KW16 3BZ KW16 3AW KW16 3BA KW16 3BB KW16 3BS KW16 3AA

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