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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
42
Population
93
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
27
Scotland❚ZE1 0AT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
93
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
72
Single
22
Married
32
Separated
5
Divorced
8
Widowed
5

Health

Population
93
Very good
51
Good
28
Fair
11
Bad
2
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
72
Scotland❚ZE1 0AT❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
93
White British
3
White Scottish
87
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
93
England
6
Scotland
85
Wales
1
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
93
Christian
43
No religion
40
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
37
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
1
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
60
Scotland❚ZE1 0AT❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
4
Unemployed
1
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
42
Occupied
42
Detached
1
Semi detached
38
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
13
Two people
18
Three people
3
Four people
5
Five people
3

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