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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
73
Population
138
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
67
Scotland❚ZE1 0JU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
31

Age Groups

Population
138
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
78%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
25%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
116
Single
63
Married
27
Separated
2
Divorced
19
Widowed
5

Health

Population
138
Very good
75
Good
46
Fair
9
Bad
7
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
116
Scotland❚ZE1 0JU❚
Degree or above
13
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
138
White British
13
White Scottish
113
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
3
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
138
England
15
Scotland
111
Wales
2
China
6
Pakistan
2

Religion

Population
138
Christian
59
Buddhist
1
Muslim
3
Other
2
No religion
70
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
91
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
21
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
5
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
114
Scotland❚ZE1 0JU❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
10
Unemployed
7
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
73
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
7
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
45
Rented - other social
9
Rented - private landlord
2

Housing Types

All categoies
73
Occupied
73
Detached
3
Semi detached
29
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
13
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
73
One person
40
Two people
13
Three people
11
Four people
7
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0NF ZE1 0NG ZE1 0NE ZE1 0QG ZE1 0QF ZE1 0QE ZE1 0TW

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