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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
35
Population
79
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
30
Scotland❚ZE1 0DS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
79
Under 16
25%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
13%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
13%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
59
Single
32
Married
19
Divorced
4
Widowed
4

Health

Population
79
Very good
48
Good
21
Fair
5
Bad
4
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
59
Scotland❚ZE1 0DS❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
6
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
No qualifications
7

Ethnicity

Population
79
White British
4
White Scottish
69
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
79
England
5
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
68
Ireland
1
Hungary
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
79
Christian
16
No religion
59
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
45
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
2
Manufacturing
3
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
12
Human health and social work
2

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚ZE1 0DS❚
Full-Time employee
35
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
3
Unemployed
2
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
35
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
9
Rented - council
10
Rented - private landlord
5
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
39
Occupied
35
Unoccupied
4
Detached
13
Semi detached
9
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
4

Household Size

All categoies
35
One person
17
Two people
6
Three people
6
Four people
4
Six people
1
Eight or over
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