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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
48
Population
90
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
39
Scotland❚KY5 8EX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
90
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
74
Single
37
Married
23
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
4

Health

Population
90
Very good
41
Good
21
Fair
16
Bad
6
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
74
Scotland❚KY5 8EX❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
36

Ethnicity

Population
90
White British
5
White Scottish
84
White Irish
1

Country of Birth

Population
90
England
6
Scotland
83
Ireland
1

Religion

Population
90
Christian
36
No religion
50
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
28
Manufacturing
3
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
1
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
2
Human health and social work
1

Economic Activity

Population
69
Scotland❚KY5 8EX❚
Full-Time employee
21
Part-Time employee
6
Self employed
1
Unemployed
9
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
48
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
4
Rented - council
35
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
51
Occupied
48
Unoccupied
3
Detached
2
Semi detached
8
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
36

Household Size

All categoies
48
One person
23
Two people
13
Three people
8
Four people
3
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

KY5 8DX KY5 8EF KY5 8QR KY5 8EG KY5 8EJ KY5 8EL KY5 8EQ KY5 8QQ KY5 8JN KY5 8JL KY5 8JH KY5 8JP KY5 8JE KY5 8JQ KY5 8EW KY5 8EH KY5 8ER KY5 8ET KY5 8DB KY5 8HN KY5 8HT KY5 8EZ KY5 8FB KY5 8HA KY5 8ES KY5 8HS KY5 8HP KY5 8HW KY5 8EY KY5 8HU KY5 8HX KY5 8JG KY5 8HY KY5 8HZ KY5 8HL

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