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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
104
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚ZE1 0BP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
104
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
86
Single
40
Married
26
Separated
5
Divorced
6
Widowed
9

Health

Population
104
Very good
53
Good
33
Fair
11
Bad
6
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
86
Scotland❚ZE1 0BP❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
No qualifications
18

Ethnicity

Population
104
White British
10
White Scottish
90
White Polish
1
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
104
England
11
Scotland
87
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Poland
1

Religion

Population
104
Christian
48
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
No religion
49
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
48
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
5
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
6
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
80
Scotland❚ZE1 0BP❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
2
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
63
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
6
Detached
9
Semi detached
19
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - in commerical building
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
30
Two people
14
Three people
8
Four people
4
Six 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