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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
46
Population
138
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚KY5 8NJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
138
Under 16
31%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
10%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
24%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
95
Single
38
Married
36
Separated
3
Divorced
12
Widowed
6

Health

Population
138
Very good
87
Good
39
Fair
8
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
95
Scotland❚KY5 8NJ❚
Degree or above
5
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
138
White British
3
White Scottish
132
White Irish
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
138
England
11
Scotland
123
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
138
Christian
54
Other
2
No religion
74
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
64
Mining
1
Manufacturing
14
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
1
Information and communication
3
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
3
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
91
Scotland❚KY5 8NJ❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
7
Unemployed
7
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
46
Owned outright
5
Owned with mortgage
15
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
23
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
49
Occupied
46
Unoccupied
3
Detached
3
Semi detached
19
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
46
One person
6
Two people
14
Three people
11
Four people
7
Five people
5
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

KY5 8JU KY5 8JS KY5 8NZ KY5 8JT KY5 8JB KY5 8NY KY5 8NR KY5 8NT KY5 8NS KY5 8NH KY5 8JA KY5 8NU KY5 8NX KY5 8BS KY5 8BP KY5 8LW KY5 8BQ KY5 8NG KY5 8NN KY5 8BF KY5 8BE KY5 8NL KY5 8BG

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