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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
36
Population
79
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
29
Scotland❚ZE1 0RE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
79
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
75%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
1%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
71
Single
26
Married
34
Separated
3
Divorced
6
Widowed
2

Health

Population
79
Very good
43
Good
28
Fair
5
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
71
Scotland❚ZE1 0RE❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
No qualifications
12

Ethnicity

Population
79
White British
7
White Scottish
64
White Irish
6
Mixed Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
79
England
6
Scotland
66
Ireland
7

Religion

Population
79
Christian
36
Other
2
No religion
40
Not stated
1

Industry

Population
53
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
3
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
2
Human health and social work
7

Economic Activity

Population
66
Scotland❚ZE1 0RE❚
Full-Time employee
42
Part-Time employee
5
Self employed
3
Unemployed
1
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
1
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
36
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
12
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
37
Occupied
36
Unoccupied
1
Detached
15
Semi detached
10
Terraced
11
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
36
One person
11
Two people
14
Three people
7
Four people
2
Five people
1
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0EY ZE1 0SF ZE1 0DH ZE1 0SE ZE1 0GE ZE1 0GA ZE1 0RP ZE1 0SB ZE1 0RW ZE1 0RU ZE1 0RT ZE1 0RX ZE1 0RY ZE1 0RZ ZE1 0RG ZE1 0GD

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