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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
47
Population
99
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
44
Scotland❚ZE1 0YN❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
1
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
99
Under 16
27%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
27%
30 - 44
23%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
72
Single
44
Married
13
Separated
3
Divorced
10
Widowed
2

Health

Population
99
Very good
44
Good
39
Fair
11
Bad
5

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
72
Scotland❚ZE1 0YN❚
Degree or above
7
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
9
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
17

Ethnicity

Population
99
White British
5
White Scottish
82
White Polish
6
White Other
5
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
99
England
5
Scotland
83
Wales
1
Poland
5
Latvia
2

Religion

Population
99
Christian
44
Other
5
No religion
47
Not stated
3

Industry

Population
52
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
10
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
6
Real estate
1
Administrative and support
6
Education
3
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
70
Scotland❚ZE1 0YN❚
Full-Time employee
37
Part-Time employee
13
Unemployed
6
Retired
1
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
47
Owned outright
3
Owned with mortgage
1
Rented - council
38
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
47
Occupied
47
Detached
5
Semi detached
5
Terraced
32
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
47
One person
19
Two people
13
Three people
10
Four people
3
Five people
1
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

ZE1 0EY ZE1 0SF ZE1 0DH ZE1 0SE ZE1 0GE ZE1 0GA ZE1 0RP ZE1 0SB ZE1 0RE ZE1 0RT ZE1 0RX ZE1 0RY ZE1 0RZ ZE1 0RG ZE1 0GD

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