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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
58
Population
131
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚KW17 2LB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
131
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
113
Single
31
Married
62
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
11

Health

Population
131
Very good
68
Good
50
Fair
10
Bad
2
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
113
Scotland❚KW17 2LB❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
35

Ethnicity

Population
131
White British
24
White Scottish
104
White Polish
2
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
131
England
22
Scotland
103
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
2
Kenya
1
South America
1

Religion

Population
131
Christian
63
Other
3
No religion
54
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
78
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
6
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
106
Scotland❚KW17 2LB❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
13
Unemployed
5
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
63
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
5
Detached
58
Semi detached
3
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
18
Two people
24
Three people
5
Four people
5
Five people
6

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