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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
68
Population
168
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚KY5 8LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
18
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
22

Age Groups

Population
168
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
131
Single
44
Married
61
Separated
5
Divorced
12
Widowed
9

Health

Population
168
Very good
79
Good
55
Fair
25
Bad
8
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
131
Scotland❚KY5 8LS❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
168
White British
7
White Scottish
156
White Other
5

Country of Birth

Population
168
England
9
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
154
USA
3

Religion

Population
168
Christian
78
No religion
88
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
58
Manufacturing
8
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
5
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
117
Scotland❚KY5 8LS❚
Full-Time employee
43
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
2
Unemployed
11
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
68
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
38
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
70
Occupied
68
Unoccupied
2
Detached
13
Semi detached
21
Terraced
35
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
68
One person
20
Two people
23
Three people
9
Four people
8
Five people
6
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

KY5 8PY KY5 8QA KY5 8LU KY5 8PT KY5 8PR KY5 8NQ KY5 8PS KY5 8NP KY5 8PL KY5 8PP KY5 8JF KY5 8JR KY5 8PA KY5 8JX KY5 8NW KY5 8PB KY5 8PD

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