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Administrative Areas

Ward
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
Local Authority
Fife
Constituency
Glenrothes
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Other Urban Area
Households
60
Population
179
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚KY8 4PS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
179
Under 16
40%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
9%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
27%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
108
Single
41
Married
32
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
18
Widowed
7

Health

Population
179
Very good
84
Good
60
Fair
22
Bad
10
Very bad
18

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
108
Scotland❚KY8 4PS❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
49

Ethnicity

Population
179
White British
11
White Scottish
168

Country of Birth

Population
179
England
7
Scotland
170
Germany
2

Religion

Population
179
Christian
54
No religion
115
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
44
Mining
1
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
3
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
102
Scotland❚KY8 4PS❚
Full-Time employee
33
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
2
Unemployed
15
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
8
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
60
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
15
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
30
Rented - private landlord
6

Housing Types

All categoies
62
Occupied
60
Unoccupied
2
Semi detached
11
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
46

Household Size

All categoies
60
One person
11
Two people
19
Three people
12
Four people
10
Five people
3
Six people
3
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

KY8 2AH KY8 2AB KY8 3LB KY8 3LG KY8 3LA

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