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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
72
Population
122
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚ZE1 0ES❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
122
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
9%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
106
Single
45
Married
32
Separated
4
Divorced
3
Widowed
22

Health

Population
122
Very good
66
Good
21
Fair
25
Bad
9
Very bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
106
Scotland❚ZE1 0ES❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
122
White British
15
White Scottish
91
White Polish
8
White Irish
2
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
122
England
16
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
92
Ireland
1
Poland
8
Bangladesh
2
India
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
122
Christian
66
Muslim
2
Other
1
No religion
46
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
66
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
10
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
82
Scotland❚ZE1 0ES❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
7
Self employed
4
Unemployed
1
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
4
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
72
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
15
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
33
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
72
Occupied
72
Detached
10
Semi detached
7
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
35
Flat - converted
13
Flat - in commerical building
2

Household Size

All categoies
72
One person
42
Two people
19
Three people
4
Four people
6
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0HW ZE1 0HJ ZE1 0NP ZE1 0ER ZE1 0JX ZE1 0JT ZE1 0NL ZE1 0WP ZE1 0NJ ZE1 0NH ZE1 0JP ZE1 0XU ZE1 0LW ZE1 0GZ ZE1 0HF ZE1 0ND ZE1 0LQ ZE1 0LX ZE1 0LR ZE1 0AZ ZE1 0WQ ZE1 0SW ZE1 0LZ

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