Lerwick South
WardEast Shetland Islands. About 3,876 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 3% of people in Lerwick South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Lerwick South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Lerwick South?
Lerwick South had 4,004 usual residents at the census.
Lerwick South is the joint 1,903rd least populated of 8,397 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Shetland Islands
These figures are published for the whole of Shetland Islands, not for each ward, so they describe all of Shetland Islands and not Lerwick South alone. See Shetland Islands
Lerwick South in brief
Lerwick South had 4,004 usual residents at the census.
About 3% of people in Lerwick South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Lerwick South, 3.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Lerwick South, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.