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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
44
Population
76
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
32
Scotland❚ZE1 0LE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
76
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
16%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
66
Single
30
Married
22
Separated
3
Divorced
6
Widowed
5

Health

Population
76
Very good
40
Good
15
Fair
18
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
66
Scotland❚ZE1 0LE❚
Degree or above
17
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
76
White British
6
White Scottish
64
White Gypsy
1
White Other
4
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
76
England
6
Scotland
64
Hungary
4
Canada
1

Religion

Population
76
Christian
38
Muslim
1
No religion
33
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
42
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
4
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
53
Scotland❚ZE1 0LE❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
10
Self employed
2
Unemployed
2
Retired
2
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
44
Owned outright
11
Owned with mortgage
7
Rented - council
18
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
44
Occupied
44
Detached
12
Semi detached
6
Flat - purpose built
21
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
44
One person
24
Two people
15
Three people
2
Four people
2
Eight or over
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