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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
70
Population
182
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚KW17 2HX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
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
10

Age Groups

Population
182
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
146
Single
37
Married
96
Divorced
6
Widowed
7

Health

Population
182
Very good
110
Good
57
Fair
13
Bad
1
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
146
Scotland❚KW17 2HX❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
182
White British
40
White Scottish
140
White Other
1
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
182
England
42
Scotland
135
Germany
1
USA
3

Religion

Population
182
Christian
97
No religion
58
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
101
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
22
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
8
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
5
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
138
Scotland❚KW17 2HX❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
25
Unemployed
3
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
70
Owned outright
42
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
73
Occupied
70
Unoccupied
3
Detached
68
Semi detached
5

Household Size

All categoies
70
One person
12
Two people
29
Three people
14
Four people
6
Five people
8
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW17 2HW

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