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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
50
Population
130
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
35
Scotland❚KW17 2HS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
130
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
96
Single
19
Married
63
Divorced
5
Widowed
9

Health

Population
130
Very good
75
Good
37
Fair
13
Bad
2
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
96
Scotland❚KW17 2HS❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
130
White British
19
White Scottish
108
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
130
England
20
Scotland
104
Wales
1
Middle East
2
Australia
2
Canada
1

Religion

Population
130
Christian
75
No religion
53
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
65
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
20
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
5
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
88
Scotland❚KW17 2HS❚
Full-Time employee
38
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
15
Unemployed
2
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
50
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
50
Occupied
50
Detached
45
Semi detached
1
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
50
One person
11
Two people
20
Three people
6
Four people
9
Five people
2
Six people
1
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