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Administrative Areas

Ward
Lerwick North
Local Authority
Shetland Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Small Town
Households
32
Population
65
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
27
Scotland❚ZE1 9SA❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
4
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
65
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
9%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
26%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
52
Single
22
Married
18
Separated
1
Divorced
6
Widowed
5

Health

Population
65
Very good
36
Good
21
Fair
6
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
52
Scotland❚ZE1 9SA❚
Degree or above
22
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
6
No qualifications
8

Ethnicity

Population
65
White British
11
White Scottish
49
White Other
4
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
65
England
9
Scotland
51
Lithuania
2
South America
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
65
Christian
21
Other
1
No religion
41
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
36
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
2
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
1
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
47
Scotland❚ZE1 9SA❚
Full-Time employee
29
Part-Time employee
7
Unemployed
2
Retired
4
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
32
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
5
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
5
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
40
Occupied
32
Unoccupied
8
Detached
3
Semi detached
13
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
13
Flat - converted
2
Flat - in commerical building
3

Household Size

All categoies
32
One person
9
Two people
18
Three people
1
Four people
3
Five people
1

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