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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
41
Population
84
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚KY5 8JH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
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
84
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
65
Single
18
Married
30
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
9

Health

Population
84
Very good
31
Good
32
Fair
13
Bad
7
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
65
Scotland❚KY5 8JH❚
Degree or above
10
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
3
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
84
White British
3
White Scottish
81

Country of Birth

Population
84
England
4
Scotland
77
Wales
1
India
1

Religion

Population
84
Christian
36
No religion
44
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
32
Manufacturing
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
4
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Administrative and support
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚KY5 8JH❚
Full-Time employee
15
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
3
Unemployed
4
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
41
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
20
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
42
Occupied
41
Unoccupied
1
Detached
1
Semi detached
13
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
41
One person
15
Two people
15
Three people
7
Four people
2
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 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