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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
51
Population
121
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚ZE1 0BT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
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
8

Age Groups

Population
121
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
98
Single
30
Married
41
Separated
4
Divorced
13
Widowed
10

Health

Population
121
Very good
63
Good
44
Fair
10
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
98
Scotland❚ZE1 0BT❚
Degree or above
33
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
121
White British
10
White Scottish
104
White Gypsy
3
White Other
3
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
121
England
12
Scotland
102
Kenya
1
Australia
1
Hungary
3
Latvia
2

Religion

Population
121
Christian
53
Buddhist
1
No religion
53
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
62
Mining
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
5
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
84
Scotland❚ZE1 0BT❚
Full-Time employee
38
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
8
Unemployed
3
Retired
14
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
3
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
51
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
11
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
54
Occupied
51
Unoccupied
3
Detached
10
Semi detached
32
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
51
One person
18
Two people
17
Three people
9
Four people
3
Five people
3
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