West Kirkwall - 02
NeighbourhoodEast Orkney Islands. 592 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Gigabit coverage by neighbourhood
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In West Kirkwall - 02, 40.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 is published for the 2011 Data Zones, whose boundaries differ from this neighbourhood’s, so it has no figure for West Kirkwall - 02. See deprivation across Orkney Islands
How West Kirkwall - 02 compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of West Kirkwall - 02?
West Kirkwall - 02 had 589 usual residents at the census.
West Kirkwall - 02 is the joint 4,437th least populated of 46,844 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Orkney Islands
These figures are published for the whole of Orkney Islands, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Orkney Islands and not West Kirkwall - 02 alone. See Orkney Islands
West Kirkwall - 02 in brief
West Kirkwall - 02 had 589 usual residents at the census.
In West Kirkwall - 02, 40.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Kirkwall - 02, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.
62.9% of residents in West Kirkwall - 02 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.