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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
57
Population
129
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚KW17 2EB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
129
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
108
Single
24
Married
64
Separated
2
Divorced
10
Widowed
8

Health

Population
129
Very good
68
Good
46
Fair
13
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
108
Scotland❚KW17 2EB❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
42

Ethnicity

Population
129
White British
40
White Scottish
83
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
129
England
40
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
78
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Zimbabwe
1
USA
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
129
Christian
72
No religion
45
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
63
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
24
Manufacturing
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
4
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
96
Scotland❚KW17 2EB❚
Full-Time employee
19
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
39
Unemployed
5
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
60
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
3
Detached
59
Semi detached
1

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
19
Two people
21
Three people
7
Four people
5
Five people
4
Seven 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