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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
26
Population
65
Males
42%
Females
58%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
18
Scotland❚KW17 2JA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
65
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
51
Single
10
Married
32
Divorced
7
Widowed
2

Health

Population
65
Very good
41
Good
20
Fair
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
51
Scotland❚KW17 2JA❚
Degree or above
8
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
8
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
65
White British
17
White Scottish
48

Country of Birth

Population
65
England
15
Scotland
48
South Africa
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
65
Christian
42
No religion
16
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
31
Mining
2
Manufacturing
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
45
Scotland❚KW17 2JA❚
Full-Time employee
15
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
6
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
26
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
6
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
27
Occupied
26
Unoccupied
1
Detached
26
Semi detached
1

Household Size

All categoies
26
One person
6
Two people
9
Three people
5
Four people
4
Five people
2

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