Map of KW17 2TY postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2TY
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (63 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Number of UPRNs	20 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	59.080687
	Longitude	-2.987927
	Easting	343474
	Northing	1021947
	Grid reference	HY434219
	UTM reference	30V 500691 6549036
	what3words	searcher.neatly.texted
	Plus code	9CFV32J6+7R
	Altitude	5 metres (15 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	9:07
	Sunset (today)	15:26
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.2 KMs (0.1 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)	3
Households (2011)	1
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,790 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170626
Census output area (2011)	S00126067
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 05	S01011812
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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