Postcode district · Orkney Islands
Transport in KW17
Stations, bus stops and tram stops near KW17, and how the people who live here get to work.
- Council
- Orkney Islands
- Region
- Scotland
- Population
- 10,366 (2024)
KW17Postcode district · Orkney Islands
How well connected KW17 is
0 bus stops within a ten-minute walk (800m) and 0 stations and tram stops within a mile, measured from the centre of KW17. 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
- 012.7 milesKirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry TerminalFerry
Nearest bus stop: Quanterness Cottages, 2.3 miles away.
How people get to work
How peopleget to work isn't published in a comparable form for Scotland.
Car ownership
10.1% of households in KW17 have no car or van, less than half the Scotland average of 26.4%.
KW17Scotland
No car or van10.1%26.4%
140.4%43.1%
235.1%23.6%
3 or more14.4%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.