Map of KW17 2QN postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2QN
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (55 km)
Bus stops	Council Houses (SE) St Andrews School (NE)
Number of UPRNs	10 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	58.922764
	Longitude	-2.83075
	Easting	352264
	Northing	1004240
	Grid reference	HY522042
	UTM reference	30V 509745 6531464
	what3words	savings.unzipped.mavericks
	FixPhrase	curling lushly shelf vest
	Plus code	9CCVW5F9+4P
	Altitude	5 metres (17 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:42
	Sunset (today)	16:10
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.1 KMs (0 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray	S13003150
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	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	February 1994
Last updated	September 2025
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)	13
Households (2011)	8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,607 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170768
Census output area (2011)	1A1
Lower layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland - 02	S01011814
Middle layer super output area (2011)	East Mainland	S02002215
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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