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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
58
Population
162
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
53
Scotland❚ZE1 0WL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
13
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
162
Under 16
33%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
4%
Under 4
14%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
20%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
15%
60 - 74
2%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
109
Single
47
Married
42
Separated
2
Divorced
12
Widowed
6

Health

Population
162
Very good
118
Good
35
Fair
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
109
Scotland❚ZE1 0WL❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
19
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
162
White British
8
White Scottish
143
White Polish
4
White Other
3
Asian Chinese
3
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
162
England
6
Scotland
145
Germany
1
Poland
3
Hong Kong
2
Philippines
1
USA
1
Singapore
1
Canada
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
162
Christian
57
Other
3
No religion
96
Not stated
6

Industry

Population
88
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
105
Scotland❚ZE1 0WL❚
Full-Time employee
56
Part-Time employee
27
Self employed
4
Unemployed
3
Retired
3
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
6
Owned with mortgage
7
Shared ownership
11
Rented - council
4
Rented - other social
29
Rented - private landlord
1

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
58
Detached
12
Semi detached
33
Flat - purpose built
13

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
12
Two people
20
Three people
3
Four people
16
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0JF ZE1 0RR ZE1 0SR ZE1 0WY ZE1 0WT ZE1 0RQ ZE1 0SU 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