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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
66
Population
135
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
42
Scotland❚ZE2 9EP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
8
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
10
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
135
Under 16
10%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
27%
Under 4
2%
5 - 15
8%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
14%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
121
Single
35
Married
57
Separated
5
Divorced
10
Widowed
14

Health

Population
135
Very good
70
Good
44
Fair
17
Bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
121
Scotland❚ZE2 9EP❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
24

Ethnicity

Population
135
White British
25
White Scottish
103
White Other
6
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
135
England
21
Scotland
102
Wales
2
Ireland
1
South Africa
1
Netherlands
1
Singapore
1
Canada
1
New Zealand
2

Religion

Population
135
Christian
59
No religion
61
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
80
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Mining
2
Manufacturing
1
Construction
6
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
7
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
6
Human health and social work
18

Economic Activity

Population
102
Scotland❚ZE2 9EP❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
12
Self employed
11
Unemployed
5
Retired
13
Student
4
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
66
Owned outright
32
Owned with mortgage
19
Rented - council
4
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
66
Unoccupied
1
Detached
49
Semi detached
14
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
66
One person
22
Two people
29
Three people
8
Four people
5
Five people
1
Six 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