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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
57
Population
123
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KW17 2LA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
123
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
104
Single
25
Married
60
Separated
3
Divorced
6
Widowed
10

Health

Population
123
Very good
68
Good
37
Fair
16
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
104
Scotland❚KW17 2LA❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
123
White British
19
White Scottish
104

Country of Birth

Population
123
England
18
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
101
Germany
1
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
123
Christian
73
No religion
37
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
65
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
13
Manufacturing
6
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
6
Human health and social work
3

Economic Activity

Population
95
Scotland❚KW17 2LA❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
20
Unemployed
3
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
1
Detached
58

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
18
Two people
23
Three people
7
Four people
7
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