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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
38
Population
69
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
30
Scotland❚ZE1 0AW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
69
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
38%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
62
Single
23
Married
26
Separated
4
Divorced
4
Widowed
5

Health

Population
69
Very good
36
Good
20
Fair
7
Bad
4
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
62
Scotland❚ZE1 0AW❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
13
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
69
White British
6
White Scottish
54
White Polish
3
White Other
2
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
69
England
7
Scotland
56
Germany
1
Poland
3
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
69
Christian
38
Buddhist
1
No religion
26
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
47
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
5
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚ZE1 0AW❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
7
Unemployed
2
Retired
6
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
38
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
11
Rented - council
10
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
38
Unoccupied
2
Detached
9
Semi detached
10
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
38
One person
18
Two people
13
Three people
3
Four people
4

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 0YA ZE1 0AH ZE1 0BA ZE1 0AG ZE1 0FE ZE1 0BD ZE1 0AA ZE1 0AD ZE1 0EH ZE1 0WW ZE1 9ZZ ZE1 0AJ ZE1 0AB ZE1 0BH 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