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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
40
Population
90
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
34
Scotland❚KW17 2BU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
90
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
71
Single
19
Married
42
Separated
2
Divorced
3
Widowed
5

Health

Population
90
Very good
44
Good
37
Fair
7
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
71
Scotland❚KW17 2BU❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
13
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
90
White British
30
White Scottish
54
White Polish
1
White Other
4
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
90
England
26
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
52
Wales
1
Germany
2
Poland
1
Netherlands
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
90
Christian
45
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
33
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
51
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Education
7
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
66
Scotland❚KW17 2BU❚
Full-Time employee
13
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
22
Unemployed
1
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
40
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
4
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
50
Occupied
40
Unoccupied
10
Detached
41
Semi detached
1
Flat - purpose built
8

Household Size

All categoies
40
One person
9
Two people
21
Three people
5
Four people
2
Five people
2
Six people
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