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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
47
Population
102
Males
59%
Females
41%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
34
Scotland❚ZE1 0PQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
102
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
29%
45 - 59
14%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
84
Single
26
Married
47
Separated
3
Divorced
6
Widowed
2

Health

Population
102
Very good
56
Good
37
Fair
8
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
84
Scotland❚ZE1 0PQ❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
102
White British
5
White Scottish
78
White Polish
8
White Other
6
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
3
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
102
England
7
Scotland
76
Poland
8
USA
2
Australia
1
Hungary
1
Latvia
4

Religion

Population
102
Christian
43
Muslim
3
No religion
51
Not stated
5

Industry

Population
59
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
4
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
74
Scotland❚ZE1 0PQ❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
11
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
47
Owned outright
20
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
5
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
55
Occupied
47
Unoccupied
8
Detached
31
Semi detached
12
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
8

Household Size

All categoies
47
One person
17
Two people
16
Three people
6
Four people
5
Five people
3

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