Postcodes in Orkney Islands

3 postcode districts cover Orkney Islands. Postcode districts do not follow council boundaries, so some reach into the councils next door.

See them on the map

Postcode districts3

Name	People (census)	Median sale price	Recorded crime per 1,000
KW15Kirkwall, St Ola	8,816	No figure	No figure
KW16Stromness, Cairston	3,718	No figure	No figure
KW17St Margaret's Hope	9,443	No figure	No figure

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory. Figures add up the census output areas in each district; house sales count every sale with the district’s postcode.