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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
39
Population
89
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
27
Scotland❚KW17 2RD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
89
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
76
Single
15
Married
52
Divorced
3
Widowed
6

Health

Population
89
Very good
52
Good
25
Fair
9
Bad
2
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
76
Scotland❚KW17 2RD❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
20

Ethnicity

Population
89
White British
25
White Scottish
59
White Gypsy
1
White Other
3
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
89
England
26
Scotland
57
Germany
1
India
1
Pakistan
1
Philippines
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
89
Christian
42
No religion
32
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
51
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Mining
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
70
Scotland❚KW17 2RD❚
Full-Time employee
23
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
16
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
3
Student
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
39
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
39
Unoccupied
1
Detached
39
Semi detached
1

Household Size

All categoies
39
One person
10
Two people
19
Three people
4
Four people
5
Five 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