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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
51
Population
202
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚KY5 8HY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
202
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
43%
65 or over
45%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
35%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
176
Single
36
Married
83
Separated
4
Divorced
10
Widowed
43

Health

Population
202
Very good
55
Good
53
Fair
80
Bad
12
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
176
Scotland❚KY5 8HY❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
107

Ethnicity

Population
202
White British
20
White Scottish
177
White Polish
2
White Irish
2
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
202
England
14
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
182
Italy
1
Poland
2
South America
1

Religion

Population
202
Christian
116
No religion
74
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
54
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
5
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
105
Scotland❚KY5 8HY❚
Full-Time employee
34
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
6
Unemployed
7
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
7
Long-term sick/disabled
9
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
51
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
11
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
51
Unoccupied
6
Detached
11
Semi detached
13
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
51
One person
9
Two people
21
Three people
13
Four people
6
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

KY5 8DX KY5 8EF KY5 8QR KY5 8EG KY5 8EJ KY5 8EL KY5 8EQ KY5 8EU KY5 8EX 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 8HA KY5 8ES KY5 8HS KY5 8HP KY5 8HW KY5 8EY 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