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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
64
Population
164
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚ZE1 0QR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
12

Age Groups

Population
164
Under 16
26%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
121
Single
44
Married
52
Separated
6
Divorced
9
Widowed
10

Health

Population
164
Very good
92
Good
49
Fair
20
Bad
2
Very bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
121
Scotland❚ZE1 0QR❚
Degree or above
30
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
14
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
No qualifications
31

Ethnicity

Population
164
White British
9
White Scottish
130
White Polish
7
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
5
Asian Bangladeshi
5

Country of Birth

Population
164
England
9
Scotland
133
Poland
7
Romania
1
Middle East
1
Bangladesh
2
India
4
Hungary
5

Religion

Population
164
Christian
80
Muslim
5
No religion
69
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
86
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
8
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
3
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
113
Scotland❚ZE1 0QR❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
5
Unemployed
5
Retired
15
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
64
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
19
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
69
Occupied
64
Unoccupied
5
Detached
2
Semi detached
57
Terraced
9
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
64
One person
20
Two people
16
Three people
10
Four people
12
Five people
3
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0RA ZE1 0PL ZE1 0PJ ZE1 0QQ ZE1 0QT ZE1 0TB ZE1 0QN ZE1 0QJ 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