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Administrative Areas

Ward
Cowdenbeath
Local Authority
Fife
Constituency
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Small Town
Households
58
Population
161
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚KY4 0LY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
161
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
127
Single
39
Married
76
Separated
5
Divorced
4
Widowed
3

Health

Population
161
Very good
96
Good
50
Fair
10
Bad
4
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
127
Scotland❚KY4 0LY❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
19
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
33
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
13

Ethnicity

Population
161
White British
25
White Scottish
128
White Other
5
Asian Other
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
161
England
30
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
120
France
1
Germany
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
2
Russia
2

Religion

Population
161
Christian
83
Buddhist
1
No religion
70
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
96
Mining
1
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
13
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
11
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
125
Scotland❚KY4 0LY❚
Full-Time employee
65
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
7
Unemployed
5
Retired
13
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
5

Housing Types

All categoies
60
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
2
Detached
47
Semi detached
10
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
2
Two people
31
Three people
9
Four people
12
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

KY4 0EA KY4 0AH KY4 0DY KY4 0AQ KY4 0AL KY4 0AN KY4 0BF KY4 0AW KY4 0LZ KY4 0BE KY4 0AG KY4 0FG KY4 0BG KY4 0BQ KY4 0BH KY4 0FY KY4 0FH KY4 0EZ KY4 0JX KY4 0FF KY4 0GX KY4 0JY

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