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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
61
Population
140
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
52
Scotland❚KY5 8NU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
33

Age Groups

Population
140
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
11%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
98
Single
40
Married
36
Separated
7
Divorced
12
Widowed
3

Health

Population
140
Very good
62
Good
30
Fair
21
Bad
20
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
98
Scotland❚KY5 8NU❚
Degree or above
5
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
1
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
29
No qualifications
57

Ethnicity

Population
140
White Scottish
137
White Irish
1
Black African
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
140
Scotland
140

Religion

Population
140
Christian
36
No religion
98
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
41
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
3
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
91
Scotland❚KY5 8NU❚
Full-Time employee
24
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
1
Unemployed
10
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
8
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
61
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
8
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
44
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
61
Occupied
61
Detached
3
Semi detached
21
Terraced
28
Flat - purpose built
9

Household Size

All categoies
61
One person
23
Two people
18
Three people
8
Four people
7
Five people
2
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

KY5 8JU KY5 8JS KY5 8NZ KY5 8JT KY5 8JB KY5 8NR KY5 8NT KY5 8NS KY5 8NH KY5 8JA KY5 8BS KY5 8BP KY5 8LW KY5 8BQ KY5 8NG KY5 8NN KY5 8BF KY5 8NJ 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