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Orkney Islands Council

Local authority area: Orkney Islands · Arcaibh

Orkney Islands is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 990.0 km² and had 22,270 residents in 2019 — about 22 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Kirkwall.

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Town hall in the administrative centreTown Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Orkney Islands, 2001–2019.

Residents, 201922,270+15.9% since 2001

Land area990.0km²382.2 sq mi

Density22/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#380of 382 UK councils · #32 in Scotland

Population estimates19 data points

20.3K20.6K20.7K20.9K21.2K21.4K21.5K21.6K21.6K21.7K21.9K22K22.2K22.3K

20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

History

How the council came to be

1996
Created
Orkney Islands became a local authority area.

Same region, same type

Other scottish council areas in Scotland

All councils in Scotland

Glasgow City633,120 City of Edinburgh524,930 Fife373,550 North Lanarkshire341,370 South Lanarkshire320,530 Aberdeenshire261,210 Highland235,830 Aberdeen City228,670 West Lothian183,100 Renfrewshire179,100 Falkirk160,890 Perth and Kinross151,950

Elections

6 electoral wards

All wards of Orkney Islands

Westminster

Constituencies

Orkney and Shetland · 6 wards

Source: Wikidata Q100166 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.