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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
34
Population
67
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
23
Scotland❚ZE1 0HN❚
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
6
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
67
Under 16
6%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
21%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
30%
60 - 74
18%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
63
Single
25
Married
18
Separated
4
Divorced
10
Widowed
6

Health

Population
67
Very good
28
Good
25
Fair
11
Bad
2
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
63
Scotland❚ZE1 0HN❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
2
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
67
White British
5
White Scottish
61
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
67
England
3
Scotland
59
Germany
2
Australia
1

Religion

Population
67
Christian
28
Buddhist
1
No religion
34
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
45
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
4
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
55
Scotland❚ZE1 0HN❚
Full-Time employee
32
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
1
Retired
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
34
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
16
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
36
Occupied
34
Unoccupied
2
Detached
4
Semi detached
16
Terraced
14
Flat - purpose built
2

Household Size

All categoies
34
One person
11
Two people
15
Three people
7
Five 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