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Administrative Areas

Ward
North Isles
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
76
Population
149
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚KW17 2PS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
149
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
4%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
35%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
129
Single
27
Married
80
Separated
7
Divorced
9
Widowed
6

Health

Population
149
Very good
52
Good
70
Fair
23
Bad
2
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
129
Scotland❚KW17 2PS❚
Degree or above
51
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
149
White British
66
White Scottish
78
White Irish
1
White Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
149
England
72
Scotland
70
Germany
2
India
1
Netherlands
1

Religion

Population
149
Christian
36
No religion
87
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
74
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
20
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
118
Scotland❚KW17 2PS❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
30
Unemployed
3
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
76
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
88
Occupied
76
Unoccupied
12
Detached
82
Semi detached
4
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
76
One person
25
Two people
38
Three people
7
Four people
4
Five people
1
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