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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
65
Population
150
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚ZE1 0RQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
150
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
133
Single
37
Married
72
Separated
3
Divorced
13
Widowed
8

Health

Population
150
Very good
76
Good
43
Fair
27
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
133
Scotland❚ZE1 0RQ❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
28
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
150
White British
15
White Scottish
133
White Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
150
England
17
Scotland
131
Russia
2

Religion

Population
150
Christian
58
No religion
74
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
84
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
5
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
121
Scotland❚ZE1 0RQ❚
Full-Time employee
51
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
6
Unemployed
4
Retired
22
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
65
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
16
Rented - council
12
Rented - other social
2
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
65
Occupied
65
Detached
25
Semi detached
37
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
65
One person
20
Two people
19
Three people
14
Four people
10
Five people
2

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0JF ZE1 0RR ZE1 0SR ZE1 0WL ZE1 0WJ ZE1 0WH ZE1 0WY ZE1 0WT ZE1 0SU ZE1 0JZ

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