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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
28
Population
58
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
18
Scotland❚ZE1 0SJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
2
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
3

Age Groups

Population
58
Under 16
14%
16 - 64
60%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
16%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
17%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
50
Single
17
Married
26
Separated
1
Divorced
2
Widowed
4

Health

Population
58
Very good
28
Good
17
Fair
10
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
50
Scotland❚ZE1 0SJ❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
7
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
9
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
58
White British
6
White Scottish
52

Country of Birth

Population
58
England
6
Scotland
50
Wales
1
South Africa
1

Religion

Population
58
Christian
37
No religion
15
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
27
Manufacturing
1
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
3
Information and communication
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
1
Human health and social work
5

Economic Activity

Population
40
Scotland❚ZE1 0SJ❚
Full-Time employee
22
Part-Time employee
5
Retired
8
Looking after home/family
2
Student
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
28
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
1
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
29
Occupied
28
Unoccupied
1
Detached
4
Semi detached
24
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
28
One person
9
Two people
13
Three people
2
Four people
3
Five people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0SP ZE1 0SN ZE1 0SX ZE1 0LY ZE1 0SZ ZE1 0SD ZE1 0SS 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