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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
46
Population
94
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
28
Scotland❚ZE1 0BX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
94
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
80
Single
22
Married
35
Civil partnership
1
Separated
3
Divorced
11
Widowed
8

Health

Population
94
Very good
52
Good
23
Fair
14
Bad
4
Very bad
11

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
80
Scotland❚ZE1 0BX❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
94
White British
10
White Scottish
81
White Polish
1
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
94
England
10
Scotland
80
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Poland
1
Hungary
1

Religion

Population
94
Christian
56
Buddhist
1
No religion
29
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
45
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
2
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
67
Scotland❚ZE1 0BX❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
9
Self employed
7
Unemployed
3
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
46
Owned outright
18
Owned with mortgage
14
Rented - council
10
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
50
Occupied
46
Unoccupied
4
Detached
5
Semi detached
35
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
46
One person
19
Two people
17
Three people
3
Four people
4
Five people
2
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