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Administrative Areas

Ward
North Isles
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
44
Population
72
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
25
Scotland❚KW17 2AB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
72
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
3%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
66
Single
15
Married
26
Separated
6
Divorced
10
Widowed
9

Health

Population
72
Very good
26
Good
15
Fair
18
Bad
9
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
66
Scotland❚KW17 2AB❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
72
White British
40
White Scottish
28
White Irish
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
72
England
40
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
26
Wales
2
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
72
Christian
36
Other
3
No religion
21
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
33
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
58
Scotland❚KW17 2AB❚
Full-Time employee
12
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
8
Unemployed
2
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
44
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
4
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
53
Occupied
44
Unoccupied
9
Detached
37
Semi detached
10
Flat - converted
2
Caravan
4

Household Size

All categoies
44
One person
25
Two people
12
Three people
5
Four people
2

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