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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
45
Population
72
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
32
Scotland❚ZE1 0SD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
72
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
25%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
63
Single
27
Married
14
Separated
2
Divorced
10
Widowed
10

Health

Population
72
Very good
35
Good
21
Fair
13
Bad
2
Very bad
10

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
63
Scotland❚ZE1 0SD❚
Degree or above
11
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
19
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
72
White British
8
White Scottish
62
White Other
1
Black African
1

Country of Birth

Population
72
England
9
Scotland
59
Wales
1
Germany
1
South Africa
1
USA
1

Religion

Population
72
Christian
29
Other
1
No religion
40
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
43
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
2
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
2
Human health and social work
12

Economic Activity

Population
54
Scotland❚ZE1 0SD❚
Full-Time employee
28
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
2
Unemployed
1
Retired
3
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
45
Owned outright
7
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
23
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
46
Occupied
45
Unoccupied
1
Detached
2
Semi detached
42
Terraced
1
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
45
One person
28
Two people
10
Three people
4
Four people
3

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0SP ZE1 0SL ZE1 0SN ZE1 0SJ ZE1 0SX ZE1 0LY ZE1 0SZ ZE1 0EF ZE1 0RL ZE1 0SA

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