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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
78
Population
158
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚KW17 2BP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
158
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
54%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
6%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
32%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
124
Single
31
Married
62
Separated
3
Divorced
8
Widowed
20

Health

Population
158
Very good
77
Good
42
Fair
26
Bad
6
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
124
Scotland❚KW17 2BP❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
40

Ethnicity

Population
158
White British
79
White Scottish
74
White Polish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
2

Country of Birth

Population
158
England
76
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
75
Wales
1
India
2
Pakistan
1
South America
2

Religion

Population
158
Christian
73
Buddhist
1
Sikh
2
Other
1
No religion
64
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
66
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
17
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
10
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
111
Scotland❚KW17 2BP❚
Full-Time employee
20
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
29
Unemployed
5
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
78
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - council
6
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
7

Housing Types

All categoies
82
Occupied
78
Unoccupied
4
Detached
63
Semi detached
18
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
78
One person
34
Two people
22
Three people
13
Four people
4
Five people
5

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