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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
82
Population
202
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
64
Scotland❚ZE2 9YE❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
18
C2 Skilled manual workers
20
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
10

Age Groups

Population
202
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
27%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
157
Single
42
Married
96
Separated
5
Divorced
7
Widowed
7

Health

Population
202
Very good
120
Good
50
Fair
20
Bad
7
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
157
Scotland❚ZE2 9YE❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
20
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
29
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
202
White British
35
White Scottish
162
White Irish
1
White Other
3
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
202
England
31
Nortern Ireland
4
Scotland
158
Wales
2
France
1
USA
1
Australia
2
Czech Republic
1
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
202
Christian
96
Muslim
2
No religion
89
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
111
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
4
Manufacturing
3
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
18
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
14
Education
10
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
145
Scotland❚ZE2 9YE❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
24
Self employed
8
Unemployed
1
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
82
Owned outright
38
Owned with mortgage
37
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
83
Occupied
82
Unoccupied
1
Detached
73
Semi detached
4
Terraced
4
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
82
One person
23
Two people
27
Three people
10
Four people
17
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

ZE2 9GE ZE2 9GF ZE2 9GD

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