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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
70
Population
148
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
54
Scotland❚ZE1 0SR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
C2 Skilled manual workers
14
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
148
Under 16
11%
16 - 64
74%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
132
Single
52
Married
64
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
7

Health

Population
148
Very good
92
Good
41
Fair
12
Bad
3

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
132
Scotland❚ZE1 0SR❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
27
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
148
White British
16
White Scottish
129
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
148
England
18
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
123
Hong Kong
1
USA
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
148
Christian
63
Buddhist
1
Other
6
No religion
70
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
104
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
3
Manufacturing
5
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
5
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
12
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
125
Scotland❚ZE1 0SR❚
Full-Time employee
70
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
10
Unemployed
3
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
8
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
70
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
20
Rented - council
2
Rented - other social
19
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
74
Occupied
70
Unoccupied
4
Detached
45
Semi detached
3
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
17
Flat - converted
5

Household Size

All categoies
70
One person
27
Two people
25
Three people
9
Four people
3
Five people
4
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0JF ZE1 0RR ZE1 0WL ZE1 0WJ ZE1 0WH ZE1 0WY ZE1 0WT ZE1 0RQ ZE1 0JZ ZE1 0SQ ZE1 0SH

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