Orkney Islands
5 datasets are currently published for Orkney Islands. 5 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices); planning permissions (MHCLG publishes for England only); pupil absence (Department for Education; published for local authorities in England, but not every English district — some are reported only as part of their wider county); median sale prices (HM Land Registry covers England and Wales only).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Orkney Islands compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 359th of 361 (9.6 per 1,000 residents).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Orkney Islands: 210, July 2026 (+5.0% year on year, from 200). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Orkney Islands: 116.3, June 2026 (+4.4% year on year, from 111.4). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Orkney Islands: 21,920, 2025 (-0.4% year on year, from 22,000). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Orkney Islands: 8, 2025 (-38.5% year on year, from 13). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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