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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
69
Population
161
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚ZE1 0QJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
20

Age Groups

Population
161
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
124
Single
50
Married
44
Separated
4
Divorced
16
Widowed
10

Health

Population
161
Very good
87
Good
44
Fair
24
Bad
4
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
124
Scotland❚ZE1 0QJ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
161
White British
19
White Scottish
133
White Other
7
Mixed Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
161
England
19
Scotland
135
South America
2
Latvia
3

Religion

Population
161
Christian
59
Other
4
No religion
91
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
90
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
13
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
9
Human health and social work
23

Economic Activity

Population
116
Scotland❚ZE1 0QJ❚
Full-Time employee
62
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
1
Unemployed
2
Retired
14
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
9
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
69
Owned outright
22
Owned with mortgage
13
Rented - council
21
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
4

Housing Types

All categoies
75
Occupied
69
Unoccupied
6
Detached
5
Semi detached
21
Terraced
42
Flat - purpose built
5
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
69
One person
24
Two people
17
Three people
14
Four people
9
Five people
5

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0RA ZE1 0PL ZE1 0PJ ZE1 0QS ZE1 0QR ZE1 0QQ ZE1 0QT ZE1 0TB ZE1 0QD ZE1 0HR ZE1 0HS ZE1 0HU ZE1 0NW ZE1 0HG ZE1 0QA ZE1 0HN

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