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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
72
Population
156
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚KW17 2BA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
156
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
6%
30 - 44
10%
45 - 59
31%
60 - 74
30%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
131
Single
24
Married
74
Separated
9
Divorced
15
Widowed
9

Health

Population
156
Very good
65
Good
59
Fair
24
Bad
4
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
131
Scotland❚KW17 2BA❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
50

Ethnicity

Population
156
White British
67
White Scottish
89

Country of Birth

Population
156
England
65
Scotland
86
Wales
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
156
Christian
84
Other
3
No religion
50
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
64
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
19
Manufacturing
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
10
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
120
Scotland❚KW17 2BA❚
Full-Time employee
19
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
29
Unemployed
5
Retired
34
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
82
Occupied
72
Unoccupied
10
Detached
73
Semi detached
4
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
3

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
22
Two people
32
Three people
9
Four people
6
Five people
2
Eight or over
1

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