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Hackness

Hackness is a town or village in Orkney, Scotland. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hackness area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Orkney Islands area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Orkney Islands
County
Orkney
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

11°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 10° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:37Sunset 16:15

8h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Inverness, United Kingdom

Road safety

8 reported road collisions (2025)

5 killed or seriously injured · 9 casualties · 3.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

4 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 4 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£216,479 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Orkney Islands · to 2026-08

Detached£290,099
Semi-detached£200,730
Terraced£171,455
Flat£111,960

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Local news

Source: Orkney Islands Council

Population

21,920 residents in Orkney Islands

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Independent majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

1,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£786 median full-time weekly pay

1.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,234 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.2
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday8.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2020-21

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Hackness Martello Tower and Battery · 0.3 km

    Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland.

  • Cantick Head Lighthouse · 1.8 km

    The Cantick Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on the Scottish island of South Walls in the Orkney Islands. It is located at the end of Cantick Head, a long peninsula on the south-eastern coast of So…

  • South Walls · 2.3 km

    South Walls, often referred to as Walls, is an island in Orkney, Scotland. It is connected to the island of Hoy, and to the district of North Walls, by a causeway known as The Ayre. Its largest settlement is Longhope,…

  • Switha · 2.6 km

    Switha is an uninhabited island towards the south of Orkney, Scotland, approximately 41 hectares in area.

  • Flotta Isle Airport · 2.7 km

    Flotta Isle Airport is a small airport located on the Orkney isle of Flotta. The asphalt runway orientation is at 16/34, with an elevation of 70 feet (21 m), and is 2,490 feet (760 m) in length. The airport also has a…

  • Crockness Martello tower · 2.8 km

    Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness. It is on the north side of Longhope Sound to the nort…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Compare Orkney Islands with nearby areas

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hackness?
Hackness is a town in Orkney, Scotland, in the Orkney Islands local authority.
How deprived is Hackness?
The Orkney Islands local authority, which includes Hackness, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.