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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall West and Orphir
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
124
Population
296
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
93
Scotland❚KW17 2RA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
296
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
58
Married
128
Separated
6
Divorced
19
Widowed
12

Health

Population
296
Very good
189
Good
77
Fair
19
Bad
8
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
Scotland❚KW17 2RA❚
Degree or above
73
2+ A Levels or equivalent
22
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
296
White British
64
White Scottish
227
White Other
4
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
296
England
63
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
218
Wales
1
Ireland
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Pakistan
1
USA
3
Netherlands
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
296
Christian
140
Buddhist
2
Other
6
No religion
131
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
153
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
11
Mining
3
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
4
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
14
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
209
Scotland❚KW17 2RA❚
Full-Time employee
87
Part-Time employee
43
Self employed
20
Retired
27
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
35
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
14
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
130
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
6
Detached
104
Semi detached
23
Flat - converted
3

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
36
Two people
46
Three people
16
Four people
18
Five people
3
Six people
2
Seven people
3

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