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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
35
Population
74
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
24
Scotland❚KY5 8QQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
74
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
61
Single
18
Married
21
Separated
4
Divorced
8
Widowed
10

Health

Population
74
Very good
30
Good
21
Fair
17
Bad
4
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
61
Scotland❚KY5 8QQ❚
Degree or above
4
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
4
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
No qualifications
25

Ethnicity

Population
74
White British
1
White Scottish
71
White Polish
1
White Gypsy
1

Country of Birth

Population
74
England
2
Scotland
69
Poland
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
74
Christian
43
No religion
26
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
30
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Financial and insurance
2
Administrative and support
1
Education
1
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
52
Scotland❚KY5 8QQ❚
Full-Time employee
14
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
3
Unemployed
7
Retired
10
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
35
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
13
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
36
Occupied
35
Unoccupied
1
Detached
2
Semi detached
7
Terraced
25
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
35
One person
16
Two people
9
Three people
4
Four people
2
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

KY5 8DX KY5 8EF KY5 8EG KY5 8EJ KY5 8EL KY5 8EQ KY5 8EU KY5 8EX KY5 8JN KY5 8JL KY5 8JH KY5 8JP 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