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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
34
Population
58
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
24
Scotland❚KW16 3DB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
58
Under 16
9%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
53
Single
20
Married
19
Separated
3
Divorced
9
Widowed
2

Health

Population
58
Very good
30
Good
21
Fair
5
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
53
Scotland❚KW16 3DB❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
8

Ethnicity

Population
58
White British
14
White Scottish
41
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
58
England
11
Scotland
41
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Italy
1

Religion

Population
58
Christian
24
Other
1
No religion
30
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
28
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Construction
2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
50
Scotland❚KW16 3DB❚
Full-Time employee
17
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
5
Unemployed
1
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
34
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
34
Unoccupied
6
Detached
8
Semi detached
17
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
34
One person
19
Two people
10
Three people
2
Four people
2
Five people
1

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 3AR KW16 3AP KW16 3BY KW16 3BX KW16 3BT KW16 3BU 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