Lerwick North
Middle areaEast Shetland Islands. 4,668 people in 34 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 3% of people in Lerwick North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Lerwick North
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How Lerwick North compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Lerwick North?
Lerwick North had 4,737 usual residents at the census.
Lerwick North is the joint 1,837th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Shetland Islands
These figures are published for the whole of Shetland Islands, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Shetland Islands and not Lerwick North alone. See Shetland Islands
Lerwick North in brief
Lerwick North had 4,737 usual residents at the census.
About 3% of people in Lerwick North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Lerwick North, 1.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Lerwick North, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.