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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
43
Population
87
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
30
Scotland❚ZE1 0FL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
87
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
23%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
75
Single
32
Married
30
Separated
2
Divorced
8
Widowed
3

Health

Population
87
Very good
29
Good
37
Fair
16
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
75
Scotland❚ZE1 0FL❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
20
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
87
White British
9
White Scottish
69
White Polish
8
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
87
England
7
Scotland
71
Germany
1
Poland
6

Religion

Population
87
Christian
27
Buddhist
1
Other
2
No religion
45
Not stated
12

Industry

Population
51
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
5
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
7
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
66
Scotland❚ZE1 0FL❚
Full-Time employee
32
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
4
Unemployed
3
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
43
Owned outright
10
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
48
Occupied
43
Unoccupied
5
Detached
8
Semi detached
8
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
43
One person
18
Two people
15
Three people
5
Four people
2
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