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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
69
Population
141
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚KW17 2UR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
141
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
125
Single
47
Married
43
Separated
6
Divorced
13
Widowed
16

Health

Population
141
Very good
67
Good
53
Fair
13
Bad
6
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
125
Scotland❚KW17 2UR❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
No qualifications
32

Ethnicity

Population
141
White British
29
White Scottish
108
White Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
141
England
25
Scotland
108
Wales
1
Germany
1
Middle East
1
Hungary
4

Religion

Population
141
Christian
69
No religion
62
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
76
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
14
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
109
Scotland❚KW17 2UR❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
7
Unemployed
5
Retired
21
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
69
Owned outright
27
Owned with mortgage
11
Shared ownership
4
Rented - other social
20
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
74
Occupied
69
Unoccupied
5
Detached
45
Semi detached
27
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
69
One person
28
Two people
22
Three people
10
Four people
7
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KW17 2UQ KW17 2UE KW17 2UT KW17 2UF KW17 2UB KW17 2EQ

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