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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
46
Population
94
Males
57%
Females
43%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
Scotland❚ZE1 0BL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
94
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
79
Single
42
Married
22
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
5

Health

Population
94
Very good
44
Good
31
Fair
15
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
79
Scotland❚ZE1 0BL❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
94
White British
14
White Scottish
77
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
94
England
14
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
72
France
1
Philippines
2

Religion

Population
94
Christian
26
Buddhist
3
No religion
48
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
53
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
6
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
70
Scotland❚ZE1 0BL❚
Full-Time employee
41
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
4
Unemployed
4
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
46
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - council
7
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
50
Occupied
46
Unoccupied
4
Detached
3
Semi detached
8
Terraced
16
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
46
One person
15
Two people
20
Three people
6
Four people
4
Five people
1

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