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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
71
Population
179
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
50
Scotland❚ZE1 0GA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
23
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
179
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
15%
45 - 59
28%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
144
Single
27
Married
94
Separated
3
Divorced
10
Widowed
10

Health

Population
179
Very good
92
Good
69
Fair
15
Bad
1
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
144
Scotland❚ZE1 0GA❚
Degree or above
52
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
179
White British
18
White Scottish
145
White Other
16

Country of Birth

Population
179
England
19
Scotland
146
Wales
1
Germany
1
Russia
1
Latvia
7
Slovakia
4

Religion

Population
179
Christian
101
No religion
65
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
99
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
3
Manufacturing
4
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
16
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
131
Scotland❚ZE1 0GA❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
23
Unemployed
1
Retired
18
Looking after home/family
5
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
71
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
28
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
72
Occupied
71
Unoccupied
1
Detached
63
Semi detached
4
Terraced
3
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
71
One person
15
Two people
27
Three people
16
Four people
7
Five people
4
Six people
1
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0EY ZE1 0SF ZE1 0DH ZE1 0SE ZE1 0SB ZE1 0RE ZE1 0RW ZE1 0RU ZE1 0RT ZE1 0RX ZE1 0RY

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