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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
77
Population
175
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
50
Scotland❚ZE2 9ES❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
18
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
11
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
175
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
24%
75 or over
7%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
145
Single
38
Married
71
Separated
7
Divorced
17
Widowed
12

Health

Population
175
Very good
99
Good
43
Fair
27
Bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
145
Scotland❚ZE2 9ES❚
Degree or above
56
2+ A Levels or equivalent
12
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
No qualifications
29

Ethnicity

Population
175
White British
33
White Scottish
130
White Irish
2
White Other
4
Mixed Other
5
Asian Pakistani
1

Country of Birth

Population
175
England
32
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
126
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
2
Italy
1
Middle East
1
Pakistan
1
South America
2
Australia
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
175
Christian
75
Muslim
1
Other
5
No religion
76
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
92
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
7
Mining
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
5
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
18
Human health and social work
10

Economic Activity

Population
133
Scotland❚ZE2 9ES❚
Full-Time employee
45
Part-Time employee
26
Self employed
17
Unemployed
3
Retired
26
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
12
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
77
Owned outright
34
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - council
17
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
80
Occupied
77
Unoccupied
3
Detached
59
Semi detached
11
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
77
One person
22
Two people
35
Three people
7
Four people
6
Five people
7

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