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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
42
Population
88
Males
44%
Females
56%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
26
Scotland❚ZE1 0QX❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
5
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
88
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
70
Single
24
Married
29
Divorced
5
Widowed
12

Health

Population
88
Very good
29
Good
42
Fair
12
Bad
4
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
70
Scotland❚ZE1 0QX❚
Degree or above
14
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
88
White British
4
White Scottish
72
White Polish
1
White Irish
3
White Other
2
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Bangladeshi
5

Country of Birth

Population
88
England
5
Scotland
70
Ireland
3
Lithuania
1
Poland
1
Bangladesh
5
South America
1

Religion

Population
88
Christian
37
Muslim
5
No religion
37
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
46
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
1
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚ZE1 0QX❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
11
Self employed
6
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
13
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
15
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
43
Occupied
42
Unoccupied
1
Semi detached
37
Terraced
6

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
18
Two people
13
Three people
5
Four people
2
Five people
3
Six people
1

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