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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
53
Population
117
Males
55%
Females
45%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
51
Scotland❚ZE1 0WT❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
29

Age Groups

Population
117
Under 16
39%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
15%
5 - 15
24%
16 - 29
26%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
7%
60 - 74
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
71
Single
44
Married
14
Separated
4
Divorced
7
Widowed
2

Health

Population
117
Very good
66
Good
32
Fair
16
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
71
Scotland❚ZE1 0WT❚
Degree or above
8
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
25
No qualifications
19

Ethnicity

Population
117
White British
18
White Scottish
92
White Polish
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Pakistani
5

Country of Birth

Population
117
England
18
Scotland
94
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
1
Pakistan
1

Religion

Population
117
Christian
18
Buddhist
1
Muslim
4
Other
2
No religion
81
Not stated
11

Industry

Population
43
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
2
Education
1
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
71
Scotland❚ZE1 0WT❚
Full-Time employee
25
Part-Time employee
16
Self employed
1
Unemployed
3
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
53
Owned outright
1
Owned with mortgage
2
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
45

Housing Types

All categoies
54
Occupied
53
Unoccupied
1
Detached
9
Semi detached
15
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
28

Household Size

All categoies
53
One person
27
Two people
7
Three people
6
Four people
7
Five people
6

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0JF ZE1 0RR ZE1 0SR ZE1 0WL ZE1 0WJ ZE1 0WH 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