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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
87
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
32
Scotland❚ZE1 0NS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
3
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
87
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
72%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
28%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
76
Single
36
Married
26
Divorced
10
Widowed
4

Health

Population
87
Very good
44
Good
28
Fair
11
Bad
3
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
76
Scotland❚ZE1 0NS❚
Degree or above
16
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
87
White British
3
White Scottish
75
White Other
5
Mixed Other
3
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
87
England
6
Scotland
74
South Africa
1
Philippines
1
South America
1
Latvia
4

Religion

Population
87
Christian
22
Other
2
No religion
60
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
50
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
6
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
5
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
70
Scotland❚ZE1 0NS❚
Full-Time employee
31
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
2
Unemployed
2
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
41
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
17
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
42
Occupied
41
Unoccupied
1
Detached
2
Semi detached
26
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
41
One person
14
Two people
17
Three people
4
Four people
3
Five people
3

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0GR ZE1 0PN ZE1 0PD ZE1 0HT ZE1 0HP ZE1 0HQ ZE1 0PB ZE1 0PA ZE1 0NT ZE1 0HL ZE1 0NQ ZE1 0PE ZE1 0DE ZE1 0NY ZE1 0NX ZE1 0PP ZE1 0PH ZE1 0WX ZE1 0PQ

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