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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
64
Population
152
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚KW17 2RE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
152
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
31%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
130
Single
34
Married
78
Separated
2
Divorced
4
Widowed
12

Health

Population
152
Very good
89
Good
48
Fair
11
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
130
Scotland❚KW17 2RE❚
Degree or above
43
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
26
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
152
White British
28
White Scottish
121
White Other
2
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
152
England
31
Scotland
116
Ireland
1
Germany
2
India
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
152
Christian
77
No religion
70
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
75
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Mining
2
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
9
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
117
Scotland❚KW17 2RE❚
Full-Time employee
30
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
23
Unemployed
3
Retired
32
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
64
Owned outright
40
Owned with mortgage
13
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
64
Unoccupied
3
Detached
61
Semi detached
6

Household Size

All categoies
64
One person
17
Two people
25
Three people
10
Four people
7
Five people
3
Six people
2

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