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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
23
Population
55
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
18
Scotland❚KW17 2LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
55
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
15%
5 - 15
4%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
45
Single
10
Married
31
Separated
1
Divorced
2
Widowed
1

Health

Population
55
Very good
33
Good
15
Fair
5
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
45
Scotland❚KW17 2LJ❚
Degree or above
12
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
2
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
10
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
55
White British
11
White Scottish
44

Country of Birth

Population
55
England
7
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
42
Wales
4
Kenya
1

Religion

Population
55
Christian
24
No religion
27
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
28
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Administrative and support
1
Education
1
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
43
Scotland❚KW17 2LJ❚
Full-Time employee
20
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
3
Unemployed
2
Retired
12
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
23
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
25
Occupied
23
Unoccupied
2
Detached
21
Semi detached
3
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
23
One person
7
Two people
8
Three people
2
Four people
5
Six people
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