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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
75
Population
168
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
59
Scotland❚KY5 8PS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
168
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
131
Single
42
Married
52
Separated
8
Divorced
17
Widowed
12

Health

Population
168
Very good
69
Good
50
Fair
28
Bad
15
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
131
Scotland❚KY5 8PS❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
16
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
No qualifications
47

Ethnicity

Population
168
White British
3
White Scottish
165

Country of Birth

Population
168
England
2
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
163
Wales
1

Religion

Population
168
Christian
104
No religion
59
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
66
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
3
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
6
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
125
Scotland❚KY5 8PS❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
3
Unemployed
11
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
34
Rented - other social
8
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
82
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
7
Detached
10
Semi detached
27
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
10
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
26
Two people
25
Three people
13
Four people
6
Five people
4
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

KY5 8LT KY5 8PY KY5 8QA KY5 8LS KY5 8PU KY5 8PX KY5 8LU KY5 8PR KY5 8PL KY5 8PP KY5 8JF 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