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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lerwick South
Local Authority
Shetland Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
57
Population
136
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
33
Scotland❚ZE1 0AH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
136
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
26%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
113
Single
26
Married
70
Separated
3
Divorced
7
Widowed
7

Health

Population
136
Very good
71
Good
45
Fair
14
Bad
5
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
113
Scotland❚ZE1 0AH❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
136
White British
5
White Scottish
129
White Irish
1
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
136
England
8
Scotland
126
Wales
1

Religion

Population
136
Christian
74
Other
2
No religion
53
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
66
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
7
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
100
Scotland❚ZE1 0AH❚
Full-Time employee
39
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
8
Unemployed
3
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
30
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - council
6
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
62
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
5
Detached
34
Semi detached
19
Terraced
9

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
14
Two people
26
Three people
6
Four people
7
Five people
2
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0BU ZE1 0BP ZE1 0AS ZE1 0AR ZE1 0AQ ZE1 0BE ZE1 0BZ ZE1 0FD ZE1 0BY ZE1 0GG ZE1 0GH ZE1 0BF ZE1 0AL ZE1 0AE ZE1 0FL ZE1 0FN ZE1 0AG ZE1 0AW ZE1 0AU ZE1 0WN ZE1 0AN ZE1 0AF ZE1 0FE ZE1 0BD ZE1 0AA ZE1 0AD ZE1 0EH ZE1 0WW ZE1 9ZZ ZE1 0AJ ZE1 0AB ZE1 0AP ZE1 0BG

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019