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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
75
Population
180
Males
43%
Females
57%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
45
Scotland❚ZE1 0TG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
9
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
180
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
32%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
9%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
18%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
158
Single
43
Married
84
Separated
4
Divorced
5
Widowed
22

Health

Population
180
Very good
90
Good
69
Fair
14
Bad
4
Very bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
158
Scotland❚ZE1 0TG❚
Degree or above
56
2+ A Levels or equivalent
17
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
45

Ethnicity

Population
180
White British
11
White Scottish
160
White Polish
3
White Irish
2
White Other
1
Asian Other
1
Black Caribbean
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
180
England
11
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
162
Ireland
1
France
1
Poland
2
Philippines
1

Religion

Population
180
Christian
101
Muslim
1
No religion
60
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
90
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Mining
2
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
10
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
14
Human health and social work
19

Economic Activity

Population
125
Scotland❚ZE1 0TG❚
Full-Time employee
53
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
7
Unemployed
1
Retired
25
Looking after home/family
2
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
6
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
75
Owned outright
41
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
80
Occupied
75
Unoccupied
5
Detached
37
Semi detached
10
Terraced
15
Flat - purpose built
17
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
75
One person
22
Two people
30
Three people
11
Four people
7
Five people
4
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0RH ZE1 0WZ ZE1 0RS ZE1 0RJ ZE1 0GF ZE1 0ZJ ZE1 0RD ZE1 0QX

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