Official statistics · 7 of 9 measures compare directly
Na h-Eileanan Siar and Orkney Islands compared
Every measure Civometry publishes for both areas, side by side. Each figure is its publisher’s own for the period named beside it, and the difference between the two is stated in the middle. Neither area is called better: which direction counts as better depends on what you are asking, and the page does not decide that for you. Where the two figures are not comparable — a different period, or nothing published for one side — the row says so instead of showing a difference.
Na h-Eileanan Siar
S12000013 · Scotland
Orkney Islands
S12000023 · Scotland
Getting better or worse
−2
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
2 more in Orkney Islands
0
Civometry calculation on Home Office, ONS, HM Land Registry and MHCLG figures
Population
25,770
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
3,850 more in Na h-Eileanan Siar
21,920
National Records of Scotland: Mid-year population estimates time series
Median annual pay, full-time employees
£33,442
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
£9,988 more in Orkney Islands
£43,430
ONS: ASHE Table 8.7a: annual gross pay by place of residence
Average house price
£146,176
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
£90,564 more in Orkney Islands
£236,740
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
All claimants
2.0%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
0.4 percentage points higher in Na h-Eileanan Siar
1.6%
ONS: Claimant count by sex and age (Nomis)
All recorded crime and offences
236
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
9 more in Orkney Islands
245
Scottish Government: Recorded Crime in Scotland: bulletin tables
House price to pay ratio
4.4 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
1.1 years more in Orkney Islands
5.5 years
HM Land Registry: UK House Price Index: average prices
Annual rent as a share of pay
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
No published figure for Na h-Eileanan Siar.
No published figure
ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics
Band D council tax as a share of pay
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
No published figure for Na h-Eileanan Siar.
No published figure
MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027
In one sentence
In the latest published figures, population was 25,770 in Na h-Eileanan Siar and 21,920 in Orkney Islands (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £33,442 in Na h-Eileanan Siar and £43,430 in Orkney Islands (2025); and average house price was £146,176 in Na h-Eileanan Siar and £236,740 in Orkney Islands (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
In the latest published figures, population was 25,770 in Na h-Eileanan Siar and 21,920 in Orkney Islands (mid-2025); median annual pay, full-time employees was £33,442 in Na h-Eileanan Siar and £43,430 in Orkney Islands (2025); and average house price was £146,176 in Na h-Eileanan Siar and £236,740 in Orkney Islands (June 2026). (Civometry, from official statistics; each figure is the publisher's own.)
Recorded crime by category
A category-by-category crime comparison needs both areas to have a full, current twelve months in the data.police.uk archive. One of them does not, so it is not shown; the crime rate above, where published, still comes from that archive.
What this comparison rests on
Two figures are only subtracted when they are the same measure over the same period. Populations differ (— and — residents on the latest estimates used here), so counts are shown alongside rates rather than instead of them. Nothing on this page is weighted, indexed or scored: every difference is one published number minus another, and the rows that cannot be compared say why.