Postcode area · Kirkwall
Transport in KW
Stations, bus stops and tram stops near KW, and how the people who live here get to work.
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- 52,503 (2024)
KWPostcode area · Kirkwall
How well connected KW is
0 bus stops within a ten-minute walk (800m) and 0 stations and tram stops within a mile, measured from the centre of KW. Connectivity scores 0.0 out of 10: poor.
Connectivity
0.0/ 10
Poor. Based on stops within walking distance rather than service frequency, with rail and metro weighted above buses.
Bus stops
0
Within 800m
Rail
0
Within a mile
Metro & tram
0
Within a mile
The nearest stations
There are no stations within three miles of KW.
Nearest bus stop: Church, 0.7 miles away.
How people get to work
How peopleget to work isn't published in a comparable form for Scotland.
Car ownership
18.9% of households in KW have no car or van, well below the Scotland average of 26.4%.
KWScotland
No car or van18.9%26.4%
144.5%43.1%
226.6%23.6%
3 or more9.8%6.9%
Sources: Department for Transport NaPTAN stop register; Census 2021 (ONS) / Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). Distances are straight-line. Open Government Licence v3.0.