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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
41
Population
85
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
38
Scotland❚ZE1 0NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
85
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
6%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
34%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
7%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
66
Single
36
Married
20
Separated
1
Divorced
8
Widowed
1

Health

Population
85
Very good
48
Good
24
Fair
9
Bad
3
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
66
Scotland❚ZE1 0NG❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
10
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
85
White British
6
White Scottish
70
White Irish
1
White Other
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
2
Black African
2

Country of Birth

Population
85
England
7
Scotland
71
Wales
1
Ireland
1
South Africa
1
Zimbabwe
1
Singapore
1

Religion

Population
85
Christian
25
Buddhist
1
Muslim
1
No religion
50
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
51
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
7
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
3
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
63
Scotland❚ZE1 0NG❚
Full-Time employee
34
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
3
Unemployed
2
Retired
3
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
41
Owned outright
4
Owned with mortgage
4
Shared ownership
7
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
21
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
42
Occupied
41
Unoccupied
1
Detached
3
Semi detached
25
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
41
One person
16
Two people
15
Three people
3
Four people
5
Five 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