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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
39
Population
130
Males
58%
Females
42%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
36
Scotland❚ZE2 9FG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
8
C2 Skilled manual workers
7
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
130
Under 16
41%
16 - 64
57%
65 or over
2%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
35%
16 - 29
9%
30 - 44
35%
45 - 59
11%
60 - 74
4%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
77
Single
19
Married
54
Separated
1
Divorced
2
Widowed
1

Health

Population
130
Very good
89
Good
36
Fair
3
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
77
Scotland❚ZE2 9FG❚
Degree or above
41
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
11
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
14
No qualifications
4

Ethnicity

Population
130
White British
20
White Scottish
93
White Other
3
Asian Pakistani
4
Asian Bangladeshi
4
Asian Other
6

Country of Birth

Population
130
England
11
Scotland
100
Wales
2
Bangladesh
2
Pakistan
5
Philippines
1
Hungary
1
Canada
1

Religion

Population
130
Christian
64
Muslim
11
No religion
53
Not stated
2

Industry

Population
67
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Mining
1
Manufacturing
3
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
4
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
11
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
76
Scotland❚ZE2 9FG❚
Full-Time employee
40
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
2
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
6
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
39
Owned outright
9
Owned with mortgage
22
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
39
Occupied
39
Detached
31
Semi detached
6
Terraced
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
39
One person
4
Two people
8
Three people
8
Four people
11
Five people
7
Seven 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