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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
Local Authority
Fife
Constituency
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Accessible Small Town
Households
58
Population
140
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚KY5 8DU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
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
140
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
112
Single
39
Married
52
Separated
4
Divorced
8
Widowed
9

Health

Population
140
Very good
61
Good
44
Fair
20
Bad
12
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
112
Scotland❚KY5 8DU❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
51

Ethnicity

Population
140
White British
3
White Scottish
130
White Irish
4
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
1

Country of Birth

Population
140
England
7
Scotland
131
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
140
Christian
68
Sikh
1
Other
2
No religion
61
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
51
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
3
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
93
Scotland❚KY5 8DU❚
Full-Time employee
32
Part-Time employee
13
Unemployed
3
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
18
Rented - council
16
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
1
Detached
3
Semi detached
25
Terraced
27
Flat - purpose built
4

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
13
Two people
22
Three people
11
Four people
11
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

KY5 8AY KY5 8AZ KY5 8BN KY5 8EE KY5 8EA KY5 8ED KY5 8DZ KY5 8DY KY5 8DT KY5 8EN KY5 8EP KY5 8AS KY5 8BJ KY5 8BW KY5 8BL KY5 8BB KY5 8DR KY5 8DA KY5 8DP KY5 8DE KY5 8DD

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