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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
26
Population
73
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
21
Scotland❚ZE1 0SF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
4
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
73
Under 16
15%
16 - 64
71%
65 or over
14%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
4%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
62
Single
19
Married
37
Divorced
3
Widowed
3

Health

Population
73
Very good
43
Good
23
Fair
4
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
62
Scotland❚ZE1 0SF❚
Degree or above
20
2+ A Levels or equivalent
5
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
16
No qualifications
9

Ethnicity

Population
73
White British
3
White Scottish
56
White Polish
7
Asian Pakistani
2
Asian Bangladeshi
1
Black African
4

Country of Birth

Population
73
England
3
Scotland
58
Poland
7
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
73
Christian
37
Muslim
2
Other
1
No religion
26
Not stated
7

Industry

Population
44
Mining
1
Manufacturing
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
1
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
3
Human health and social work
4

Economic Activity

Population
59
Scotland❚ZE1 0SF❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
8
Self employed
4
Unemployed
1
Retired
11
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
4
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
26
Owned outright
15
Owned with mortgage
8
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
27
Occupied
26
Unoccupied
1
Detached
22
Semi detached
4
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
26
One person
2
Two people
12
Three people
6
Four people
3
Five people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0EY ZE1 0DH ZE1 0SE 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