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Administrative Areas

Ward
West Mainland
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
60
Population
132
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚KW17 2ER❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
132
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
114
Single
30
Married
64
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
10

Health

Population
132
Very good
70
Good
51
Fair
10
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
114
Scotland❚KW17 2ER❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
132
White British
22
White Scottish
105
White Irish
3
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
132
England
21
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
106
Ireland
1
Germany
2

Religion

Population
132
Christian
85
Other
2
No religion
36
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
85
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Mining
2
Manufacturing
3
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
14
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
105
Scotland❚KW17 2ER❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
17
Unemployed
2
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
35
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
8

Housing Types

All categoies
63
Occupied
60
Unoccupied
3
Detached
56
Semi detached
7

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
19
Two people
23
Three people
8
Four people
7
Five people
3

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