Map of KW17 2AE postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2AE
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (79 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	B9060 B9061 B9062
Number of UPRNs	37 View
Businesses	POMONA PREFECT LTD

Geography

	Latitude	59.120967
	Longitude	-2.611296
	Easting	365102
	Northing	1026174
	Grid reference	HY651261
	UTM reference	30V 522253 6553586
	what3words	bookshelf.candle.spaceship
	Plus code	9CFV49CQ+9F
	Altitude	37 metres (121 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:51
	Sunset (today)	15:51
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.5 KMs (0.3 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	North Isles	S13002737
Council Area	Orkney Islands	S12000023
Constituency (2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	December 2024
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	17
Households (2011)	12
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	2,476 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170613
Census output area (2011)	S00126055
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Isles - 05	S01011831
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Isles	S02002218
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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