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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
57
Population
153
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚ZE1 0SE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
153
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
125
Single
23
Married
91
Separated
5
Divorced
5
Widowed
1

Health

Population
153
Very good
91
Good
50
Fair
10
Bad
1
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
125
Scotland❚ZE1 0SE❚
Degree or above
52
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
13
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
153
White British
9
White Scottish
120
White Irish
5
White Other
7
Asian Indian
1
Asian Pakistani
9
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
153
England
9
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
120
Wales
1
Ireland
5
Germany
1
Pakistan
5
Philippines
2
Australia
2
Netherlands
2
Singapore
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
153
Christian
81
Muslim
9
No religion
56
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
88
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
1
Manufacturing
5
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
16
Education
8
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
121
Scotland❚ZE1 0SE❚
Full-Time employee
47
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
16
Retired
29
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
17
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
57
Detached
47
Semi detached
7
Terraced
3

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
8
Two people
26
Three people
10
Four people
10
Five people
1
Eight or over
2

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0EY ZE1 0SF ZE1 0DH ZE1 0GE ZE1 0GA ZE1 0RP ZE1 0SB ZE1 0RE 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