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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
53
Population
156
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚ZE1 0LP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
156
Under 16
29%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
21%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
111
Single
21
Married
82
Divorced
5
Widowed
3

Health

Population
156
Very good
107
Good
41
Fair
6
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
111
Scotland❚ZE1 0LP❚
Degree or above
45
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
156
White British
8
White Scottish
145
White Other
1
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
156
England
7
Scotland
146
Philippines
2
Central America
1

Religion

Population
156
Christian
83
Other
3
No religion
66
Not stated
4

Industry

Population
86
Mining
3
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
8
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
12
Education
15
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
107
Scotland❚ZE1 0LP❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
9
Retired
19
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
22
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
53
Occupied
53
Detached
47
Semi detached
2
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
8
Two people
17
Three people
6
Four people
16
Five people
4
Six people
2

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