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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
145
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
34
Scotland❚ZE1 0RJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
13
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
145
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
20%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
131
Single
32
Married
68
Separated
1
Divorced
12
Widowed
18

Health

Population
145
Very good
67
Good
32
Fair
36
Bad
9
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
131
Scotland❚ZE1 0RJ❚
Degree or above
37
2+ A Levels or equivalent
11
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
17
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
41

Ethnicity

Population
145
White British
9
White Scottish
129
White Gypsy
1
White Other
5
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
145
England
12
Scotland
125
Wales
1
Germany
1
Spain
1
Hungary
2
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
145
Christian
81
Buddhist
3
Other
1
No religion
51
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
71
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
14
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
101
Scotland❚ZE1 0RJ❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
5
Unemployed
1
Retired
17
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
42
Owned outright
16
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - private landlord
3

Housing Types

All categoies
45
Occupied
42
Unoccupied
3
Detached
29
Semi detached
14
Terraced
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
42
One person
6
Two people
20
Three people
3
Four people
10
Five people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0RS ZE1 0QX

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