👨⚕️Primary Care OrgOrkney Community Health Partnership
📍Sub ICB LocationOrkney Community Health Partnership
🎗️Cancer AllianceScotland
Statistical Areas
📊
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
West Kirkwall - 06 S01019107
S01019107
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MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
West Kirkwall S02003537
S02003537
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LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
West Kirkwall - 05 S01011822
S01011822
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MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
West Kirkwall S02002216
S02002216
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Remote Small Towns
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
📅2011 Classification(Scotland) Very Remote Small Town 5
📅2021 ClassificationRemote Small Towns 4
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD Scotland — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, and access to services.
Decile 4 — Least Deprived 10%
2679
Rank out of all Scottish datazones
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 2679 places this postcode in Decile 4 in Scotland. N/A for England, Wales and Northern Ireland indices as this postcode is in Scotland.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: N/A
No demographics data available yet.
Religion
Total residents: N/A
No demographics data available yet.
Age groups
Total residents: N/A
No demographics data available yet.
Households
Total households: N/A
No demographics data available yet.
Sun & Time Information
🌅
6:02 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:33 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)6:02 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:33 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode KW15 1LA introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (Scotland) Very Remote Small Town 5. IMD Scotland: Rank 2679 · Decile 4
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Remote Small Towns 4. LSOA S01019107 and MSOA S02003537 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode KW15 1LA is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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