East Kirkwall
Middle areaEast Orkney Islands. 2,489 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in East Kirkwall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in East Kirkwall
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How East Kirkwall compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of East Kirkwall?
East Kirkwall had 2,554 usual residents at the census.
East Kirkwall is the joint 668th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Orkney Islands
These figures are published for the whole of Orkney Islands, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Orkney Islands and not East Kirkwall alone. See Orkney Islands
East Kirkwall in brief
East Kirkwall had 2,554 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in East Kirkwall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In East Kirkwall, 8.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In East Kirkwall, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.