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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
72
Population
177
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
56
Scotland❚KY5 8JE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
30

Age Groups

Population
177
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
147
Single
52
Married
77
Separated
2
Divorced
11
Widowed
5

Health

Population
177
Very good
83
Good
50
Fair
28
Bad
15
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
147
Scotland❚KY5 8JE❚
Degree or above
8
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
56
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
177
White British
3
White Scottish
173
Asian Bangladeshi
1

Country of Birth

Population
177
England
3
Scotland
171
Wales
2
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
177
Christian
61
No religion
99
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
75
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
9
Construction
18
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
4
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
137
Scotland❚KY5 8JE❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
18
Self employed
9
Unemployed
8
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
12
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - council
31
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
74
Occupied
72
Unoccupied
2
Detached
2
Semi detached
16
Terraced
56

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
18
Two people
23
Three people
16
Four people
11
Five people
3
Six people
1

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 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