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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
69
Population
156
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚KW17 2GZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
156
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
125
Single
38
Married
57
Separated
4
Divorced
13
Widowed
13

Health

Population
156
Very good
71
Good
49
Fair
28
Bad
7
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
125
Scotland❚KW17 2GZ❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
156
White British
35
White Scottish
117
White Other
3
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
156
England
32
Scotland
119
Germany
2
South Africa
1
Singapore
1

Religion

Population
156
Christian
66
Other
5
No religion
75
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
68
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
4
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
107
Scotland❚KW17 2GZ❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
17
Unemployed
2
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
69
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
12
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
18
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
71
Occupied
69
Unoccupied
2
Detached
31
Semi detached
39
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
69
One person
26
Two people
21
Three people
8
Four people
11
Five people
2
Eight or over
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