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Orkney Islands

Nation: Scotland · Area code S12000023

Every figure the hub holds for Orkney Islands from its datasets by area, each as its publisher gives it. Where a dataset's chart compares two periods, its card shows both, drawn to scale, and every figure is in the table below the cards. Each card opens its dataset's page, with its source, licence and checks.

Economy

1 dataset

Median income of taxpayers by council, UK

£29,400

2023/24

HM Revenue and Customs

Health

4 datasets

Life expectancy at 65 by council, females, UK

21.0 years

2022 to 2024

  • 2022 to 2024 21.0 years
  • 2019 to 2021 21.0 years
Office for National Statistics

Life expectancy at 65 by council, males, UK

19.2 years

2022 to 2024

  • 2022 to 2024 19.2 years
  • 2019 to 2021 19.1 years
Office for National Statistics

Life expectancy at birth by council, females, UK

82.8 years

2022 to 2024

  • 2022 to 2024 82.8 years
  • 2019 to 2021 83.9 years
Office for National Statistics

Life expectancy at birth by council, males, UK

79.3 years

2022 to 2024

  • 2022 to 2024 79.3 years
  • 2019 to 2021 80.0 years
Office for National Statistics

Energy and environment

19 datasets

Domestic electricity consumption by council, Great Britain

79.4 GWh

2024

  • 2024 79.4 GWh
  • 2023 75.4 GWh
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Domestic electricity meters by council, Great Britain

14,408

2024

  • 2024 14,408
  • 2023 14,412
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Domestic gas consumption by council, Great Britain

0.0 GWh

2024

  • 2024 0.0 GWh
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Domestic gas meters by council, Great Britain

0

2024

  • 2024 0
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity consumption by council, Great Britain

135.9 GWh

2024

  • 2024 135.9 GWh
  • 2023 133.0 GWh
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity meters by council, Great Britain

16,612

2024

  • 2024 16,612
  • 2023 16,630
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Gas consumption by council, Great Britain

0.0 GWh

2024

  • 2024 0.0 GWh
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Gas meters by council, Great Britain

0

2024

  • 2024 0
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Greenhouse gas emissions by council, UK

343.6 ktCO₂e

2024

  • 2024 343.6 ktCO₂e
  • 2023 345.5 ktCO₂e
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mean domestic electricity consumption a meter by council, Great Britain

5,514 kWh

2024

  • 2024 5,514 kWh
  • 2023 5,231 kWh
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mean domestic gas consumption a meter by council, Great Britain

Blank in DESNZ's table

2024

  • 2024 blank in DESNZ's table
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mean electricity consumption a meter by council, Great Britain

8,180 kWh

2024

  • 2024 8,180 kWh
  • 2023 7,999 kWh
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mean gas consumption a meter by council, Great Britain

Blank in DESNZ's table

2024

  • 2024 blank in DESNZ's table
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mean non-domestic electricity consumption a meter by council, Great Britain

25,611 kWh

2024

  • 2024 25,611 kWh
  • 2023 25,983 kWh
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mean non-domestic gas consumption a meter by council, Great Britain

Blank in DESNZ's table

2024

  • 2024 blank in DESNZ's table
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Non-domestic electricity consumption by council, Great Britain

56.4 GWh

2024

  • 2024 56.4 GWh
  • 2023 57.6 GWh
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Non-domestic electricity meters by council, Great Britain

2,204

2024

  • 2024 2,204
  • 2023 2,218
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Non-domestic gas consumption by council, Great Britain

0.0 GWh

2024

  • 2024 0.0 GWh
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Non-domestic gas meters by council, Great Britain

0

2024

  • 2024 0
  • 2023 blank in DESNZ's table
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing

5 datasets

Average house price by council, UK

£216,479

Aug 2026

  • Aug 2026 £216,479
  • Aug 2025 £218,999
HM Land Registry (UK HPI, with ONS, Registers of Scotland and LPS)

Average price of detached homes by council, Great Britain

£290,099

Aug 2026

HM Land Registry (UK HPI, with ONS, Registers of Scotland and LPS)

Average price of flats and maisonettes by council, Great Britain

£111,960

Aug 2026

HM Land Registry (UK HPI, with ONS, Registers of Scotland and LPS)

Average price of semi-detached homes by council, Great Britain

£200,730

Aug 2026

HM Land Registry (UK HPI, with ONS, Registers of Scotland and LPS)

Average price of terraced homes by council, Great Britain

£171,455

Aug 2026

HM Land Registry (UK HPI, with ONS, Registers of Scotland and LPS)

Labour market

10 datasets

Claimant count, the UK's councils

205

Sep 2026

  • Sep 2026 205
  • Sep 2025 200
Office for National Statistics

Disability employment gap by council, UK

90.34 percentage points

2023 to 2025

  • 2023 to 2025 90.34 percentage points
  • 2022 to 2024 9.92 percentage points
Department for Work and Pensions

Disability employment rate by council, UK

0.0%

2023 to 2025

  • 2023 to 2025 0.0%
  • 2022 to 2024 85.87%
Department for Work and Pensions

Disabled people aged 16 to 64 by council, UK

331

2023 to 2025

  • 2023 to 2025 331
  • 2022 to 2024 1,790
Department for Work and Pensions

Disabled people in work by council, UK

0

2023 to 2025

  • 2023 to 2025 0
  • 2022 to 2024 1,537
Department for Work and Pensions

Median weekly pay, Great Britain's councils

£719.60

2026

Office for National Statistics

MoD civil servants by council, UK

5 or fewer, withheld by the MoD

1 Apr 2026

  • 1 Apr 2026 5 or fewer, withheld by the MoD
  • 1 Apr 2025 5 or fewer, withheld by the MoD
Ministry of Defence

Non-disabled employment rate by council, UK

90.34%

2023 to 2025

  • 2023 to 2025 90.34%
  • 2022 to 2024 95.79%
Department for Work and Pensions

UK regular armed forces by council

0

1 Apr 2026

  • 1 Apr 2026 0
  • 1 Apr 2025 0
Ministry of Defence

UK regular armed forces by service and council

1 Apr 2026

  • Naval Service 0
  • Army 0
  • Royal Air Force 0
Ministry of Defence

Transport

1 dataset

Motor vehicle traffic by highway authority, Great Britain

99 million vehicle miles

2025

  • 2025 99 million vehicle miles
  • 2024 96 million vehicle miles
Department for Transport

Welfare and benefits

6 datasets

Children in Tax-Free Childcare by council, UK

140

2025/26

  • 2025/26 140
  • 2023/24 130
HM Revenue and Customs

Children in low income families by council, UK

12.20%

2024/25

  • 2024/25 12.20%
  • 2023/24 10.70%
Department for Work and Pensions

Families getting Child Benefit by council, UK

1,930

Aug 2025

HM Revenue and Customs

Families using Tax-Free Childcare by council, UK

125

2025/26

  • 2025/26 125
  • 2023/24 110
HM Revenue and Customs

Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain

2023/24

  • All eligible households 1,000
  • Potentially eligible households 600
  • Eligible households in receipt 500
Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit receipt rate by council, Great Britain

44.43%

2023/24

Department for Work and Pensions

Migration

6 datasets

Asylum seekers on subsistence support only by council, UK

0

30 Jun 2026

Home Office

Supported asylum seekers by council, UK

0

30 Jun 2026

Home Office

Supported asylum seekers in contingency accommodation by council, UK

0

30 Jun 2026

Home Office

Supported asylum seekers in dispersal accommodation by council, UK

0

30 Jun 2026

Home Office

Supported asylum seekers in initial accommodation by council, UK

0

30 Jun 2026

Home Office

Supported asylum seekers in other accommodation by council, UK

0

30 Jun 2026

Home Office

Population

1 dataset

Population of the UK's councils

21,920

Mid-2025

  • Mid-2025 21,920
  • Mid-2024 22,000
Office for National Statistics

Every figure as a table

53 datasets · area code S12000023
DatasetLatestFigureBeforeFigure
Median income of taxpayers by council, UKEconomy2023/24£29,400In order––
Domestic electricity consumption by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment202479.4 GWhIn order202375.4 GWh
Domestic electricity meters by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment202414,408In order202314,412
Domestic gas consumption by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20240.0 GWhIn order2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Domestic gas meters by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20240In order2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Electricity consumption by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment2024135.9 GWhIn order2023133.0 GWh
Electricity meters by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment202416,612In order202316,630
Gas consumption by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20240.0 GWhIn order2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Gas meters by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20240In order2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Greenhouse gas emissions by council, UKEnergy and environment2024343.6 ktCO₂eIn order2023345.5 ktCO₂e
Mean domestic electricity consumption a meter by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20245,514 kWhIn order20235,231 kWh
Mean domestic gas consumption a meter by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment2024blank in DESNZ's table: it gives no mean where a council has no meters of the kind2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Mean electricity consumption a meter by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20248,180 kWhIn order20237,999 kWh
Mean gas consumption a meter by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment2024blank in DESNZ's table: it gives no mean where a council has no meters of the kind2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Mean non-domestic electricity consumption a meter by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment202425,611 kWhIn order202325,983 kWh
Mean non-domestic gas consumption a meter by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment2024blank in DESNZ's table: it gives no mean where a council has no meters of the kind2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Non-domestic electricity consumption by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment202456.4 GWhIn order202357.6 GWh
Non-domestic electricity meters by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20242,204In order20232,218
Non-domestic gas consumption by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20240.0 GWhIn order2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Non-domestic gas meters by council, Great BritainEnergy and environment20240In order2023blank in DESNZ's table: it gives this council no figures for this year
Life expectancy at 65 by council, females, UKHealth2022 to 202421.0 yearsIn order2019 to 202121.0 years
Life expectancy at 65 by council, males, UKHealth2022 to 202419.2 yearsIn order2019 to 202119.1 years
Life expectancy at birth by council, females, UKHealth2022 to 202482.8 yearsIn order2019 to 202183.9 years
Life expectancy at birth by council, males, UKHealth2022 to 202479.3 yearsIn order2019 to 202180.0 years
Average house price by council, UKHousingAug 2026£216,479In orderAug 2025£218,999
Average price of detached homes by council, Great BritainHousingAug 2026£290,099In order––
Average price of flats and maisonettes by council, Great BritainHousingAug 2026£111,960In order––
Average price of semi-detached homes by council, Great BritainHousingAug 2026£200,730In order––
Average price of terraced homes by council, Great BritainHousingAug 2026£171,455In order––
Claimant count, the UK's councilsLabour marketSep 2026205In orderSep 2025200
Disability employment gap by council, UKLabour market2023 to 202590.34 percentage pointsIn order2022 to 20249.92 percentage points
Disability employment rate by council, UKLabour market2023 to 20250.0%In order2022 to 202485.87%
Disabled people aged 16 to 64 by council, UKLabour market2023 to 2025331In order2022 to 20241,790
Disabled people in work by council, UKLabour market2023 to 20250In order2022 to 20241,537
Median weekly pay, Great Britain's councilsLabour market2026£719.60In order––
MoD civil servants by council, UKLabour market1 Apr 20265 or fewer, withheld by the MoD1 Apr 20255 or fewer, withheld by the MoD
Non-disabled employment rate by council, UKLabour market2023 to 202590.34%In order2022 to 202495.79%
UK regular armed forces by councilLabour market1 Apr 20260In order1 Apr 20250
UK regular armed forces by service and council: Naval ServiceLabour market1 Apr 20260––
UK regular armed forces by service and council: ArmyLabour market1 Apr 20260––
UK regular armed forces by service and council: Royal Air ForceLabour market1 Apr 20260––
Asylum seekers on subsistence support only by council, UKMigration30 Jun 20260In order––
Supported asylum seekers by council, UKMigration30 Jun 20260In order––
Supported asylum seekers in contingency accommodation by council, UKMigration30 Jun 20260In order––
Supported asylum seekers in dispersal accommodation by council, UKMigration30 Jun 20260In order––
Supported asylum seekers in initial accommodation by council, UKMigration30 Jun 20260In order––
Supported asylum seekers in other accommodation by council, UKMigration30 Jun 20260In order––
Population of the UK's councilsPopulationMid-202521,920In orderMid-202422,000
Motor vehicle traffic by highway authority, Great BritainTransport202599 million vehicle milesIn order202496 million vehicle miles
Children in Tax-Free Childcare by council, UKWelfare and benefits2025/26140In order2023/24130
Children in low income families by council, UKWelfare and benefits2024/2512.20%In order2023/2410.70%
Families getting Child Benefit by council, UKWelfare and benefitsAug 20251,930In order––
Families using Tax-Free Childcare by council, UKWelfare and benefits2025/26125In order2023/24110
Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain: All eligible householdsWelfare and benefits2023/241,000––
Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain: Potentially eligible householdsWelfare and benefits2023/24600––
Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain: Eligible households in receiptWelfare and benefits2023/24500––
Pension Credit receipt rate by council, Great BritainWelfare and benefits2023/2444.43%In order––

Wards

6 wards, 6 of them current

Each dataset gives its figures on its publisher's own year of wards, which councils redraw some of every May, and the hub never moves a figure onto another year's wards: a ward that has ended since keeps its figures, one that began after a dataset's year shows – for it, and one its publisher gives no figure for shows not published.

WardChildren in low income families by ward, before housing costs, UK2024/25 · May 2024 wardsFamilies getting Child Benefit by ward, UKAug 2025 · May 2025 wards
East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray S130031507.80%325
Kirkwall East S130031519.62%450
Kirkwall West and Orphir S1300315211.83%415
North Isles S1300273723.55%175
Stromness and South Isles S1300273414.00%195
West Mainland S130027358.16%370

Small areas

38 small areas in 5 datasets

Each dataset gives its figures on its own file's areas and edition (LSOAs and MSOAs of 2011 or 2021, data zones), and the hub never moves a figure onto another's areas. An area is listed here where the ONS's output area lookups, or for Scotland and Northern Ireland the area register, put it in this council.

Every figure here is in this council's small areas file (JSON), and each dataset's whole file is on its page.

Traffic count points

Traffic at each count point, Great Britain, 2025

DfT's annual average daily flow of motor vehicles past each count point, both ways, on an average day of the year: counted where DfT counted it that year, estimated from earlier counts and traffic trends otherwise, which DfT says should be used with caution. Each point stands for its road between the two junctions named.

  • 53 to 425
  • 425 to 703
  • 703 to 1,957
  • 1,957 to 4,221
  • 4,221 to 11k

Every count point as a table

the busiest first
Road and count pointBetweenRoad categoryCounted or estimated2025
A963 20993A964 to A963 Pickaquoy RdClass A Principal roadEstimated10,684 vehicles a day
A963 74271A963 to A965Class A Principal roadEstimated7,645 vehicles a day
A965 74270A963 to A960Class A Principal roadEstimated7,591 vehicles a day
A960 20992A962 to A961Class A Principal roadEstimated6,383 vehicles a day
A963 40997A963 Pickaquoy Rd to A960/A965Class A Principal roadEstimated4,619 vehicles a day
A965 40998A966 to A963Class A Principal roadEstimated4,392 vehicles a day
A963 80317A961 to A964Class A Principal roadEstimated4,221 vehicles a day
A965 20994A986 to A966Class A Principal roadEstimated3,884 vehicles a day
A965 1184A967 to A964Class A Principal roadCounted3,855 vehicles a day
A961 1182B9052 to A963Class A Principal roadEstimated3,052 vehicles a day
A965 50855A964 to B9055Class A Principal roadEstimated3,003 vehicles a day
A965 10997B9055 to A986Class A Principal roadEstimated2,778 vehicles a day
A961 74269A963 to A960Class A Principal roadEstimated2,252 vehicles a day
C 812138NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadCounted2,024 vehicles a day
A964 10996B9053 to A963Class A Principal roadEstimated1,957 vehicles a day
A961 80318B9044 to B9052Class A Principal roadEstimated1,654 vehicles a day
A986 11008A965 to B9057Class A Principal roadEstimated1,586 vehicles a day
A964 30998B9053 to A965Class A Principal roadEstimated1,375 vehicles a day
A960 40996A961 to B9052Class A Principal roadEstimated1,056 vehicles a day
A967 1185A965 to B9056Class A Principal roadEstimated927 vehicles a day
A986 41010B9057 to A967Class A Principal roadEstimated866 vehicles a day
A960 10994B9052 to B9050Class A Principal roadEstimated703 vehicles a day
A967 10998B9055 to B9057Class A Principal roadEstimated658 vehicles a day
U 811596NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadCounted654 vehicles a day
A967 31000B9056 to B9055Class A Principal roadEstimated583 vehicles a day
A966 40999A965 to B9057Class A Principal roadEstimated577 vehicles a day
A965 30999end of A-road status, south Stromness to A967Class A Principal roadEstimated574 vehicles a day
A967 50852B9056 to A966Class A Principal roadEstimated511 vehicles a day
A961 10995end of road, Burwick to B9044Class A Principal roadEstimated478 vehicles a day
A960 50857A963/A965 to A962Class A Principal roadEstimated425 vehicles a day
A967 20996A986 to B9056Class A Principal roadEstimated399 vehicles a day
A967 41000B9057 to A986Class A Principal roadCounted388 vehicles a day
A966 50853road to Mount Misery to A967Class A Principal roadEstimated286 vehicles a day
U 811942NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadCounted221 vehicles a day
U 811278NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadCounted140 vehicles a day
A966 20995B9057 to A967Class A Principal roadEstimated127 vehicles a day
U 811368NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadEstimated53 vehicles a day