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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
59
Population
122
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
37
Scotland❚ZE1 0QT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
122
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
25%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
17%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
100
Single
40
Married
36
Separated
4
Divorced
12
Widowed
8

Health

Population
122
Very good
57
Good
47
Fair
14
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
100
Scotland❚ZE1 0QT❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
122
White British
8
White Scottish
103
White Polish
1
White Irish
3
White Other
6
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
122
England
6
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
105
Wales
1
Ireland
3
Poland
1
Latvia
3

Religion

Population
122
Christian
55
No religion
57
Not stated
10

Industry

Population
63
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
5
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
7
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
83
Scotland❚ZE1 0QT❚
Full-Time employee
44
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
5
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
59
Owned outright
21
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
20
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
59
Unoccupied
5
Detached
5
Semi detached
19
Terraced
33
Flat - purpose built
7

Household Size

All categoies
59
One person
21
Two people
19
Three people
14
Four people
4
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0RA ZE1 0PL ZE1 0PJ ZE1 0QS ZE1 0QR ZE1 0TB ZE1 0QN ZE1 0QJ 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