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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
71
Population
160
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
56
Scotland❚ZE1 0DE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
27
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
17

Age Groups

Population
160
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
13%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
137
Single
57
Married
58
Separated
1
Divorced
14
Widowed
7

Health

Population
160
Very good
64
Good
70
Fair
19
Bad
3
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
137
Scotland❚ZE1 0DE❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
39
No qualifications
43

Ethnicity

Population
160
White British
12
White Scottish
116
White Irish
10
White Other
13
Mixed Other
1
Asian Chinese
4
Asian Other
4

Country of Birth

Population
160
England
11
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
120
Ireland
9
Lithuania
3
Hong Kong
1
Philippines
1
USA
2
Hungary
7
Latvia
1

Religion

Population
160
Christian
71
Buddhist
2
Other
1
No religion
80
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
99
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
23
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
17
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
4
Human health and social work
14

Economic Activity

Population
126
Scotland❚ZE1 0DE❚
Full-Time employee
66
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
10
Unemployed
6
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
71
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
16
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
74
Occupied
71
Unoccupied
3
Detached
5
Semi detached
35
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
18
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
71
One person
25
Two people
21
Three people
15
Four people
5
Five people
3
Six people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0GR ZE1 0PN ZE1 0PD ZE1 0HT ZE1 0HP ZE1 0HQ ZE1 0PA ZE1 0NR ZE1 0HL ZE1 0NS ZE1 0NY ZE1 0PP ZE1 0PH ZE1 0PQ

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