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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
75
Population
177
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚KW17 2DW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
177
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
33%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
153
Single
30
Married
110
Separated
1
Divorced
5
Widowed
7

Health

Population
177
Very good
90
Good
69
Fair
9
Bad
8
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
153
Scotland❚KW17 2DW❚
Degree or above
38
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
42
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
177
White British
15
White Scottish
153
White Polish
4
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
177
England
18
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
148
Ireland
1
Spain
1
Poland
4
South Africa
3

Religion

Population
177
Christian
120
Buddhist
1
No religion
31
Not stated
25

Industry

Population
101
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
25
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
11
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
135
Scotland❚KW17 2DW❚
Full-Time employee
40
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
35
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
10
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
83
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
8
Detached
70
Semi detached
9
Terraced
1
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
19
Two people
27
Three people
16
Four people
10
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