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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
34
Population
72
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
11
Scotland❚KW17 2BE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C2 Skilled manual workers
3
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
10%
16 - 64
46%
65 or over
44%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
40%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
65
Single
23
Married
32
Divorced
2
Widowed
8

Health

Population
72
Very good
33
Good
29
Fair
8
Bad
1
Very bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
65
Scotland❚KW17 2BE❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
8
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
7
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
72
White British
15
White Scottish
57

Country of Birth

Population
72
England
15
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
55
Wales
1

Religion

Population
72
Christian
34
No religion
29
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
34
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
1
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
3
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚KW17 2BE❚
Full-Time employee
13
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
11
Unemployed
1
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
34
Owned outright
25
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
34
Unoccupied
14
Detached
34
Semi detached
14

Household Size

All categoies
34
One person
14
Two people
13
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