Housing in ZE1 9SU
What the homes in ZE1 9SU are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Lerwick North
- Council
- Shetland Islands
- Region
- Scotland
- Neighbourhood population
- 765 (2024)
ZE1 9SUShetland Islands
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (30.9%). Flats make up 42.5%, above the 34.4% across Scotland.
Owning vs renting
55% of households in the ZE1 9SU area own their home, below the Scotland average of 62.4%. Private renting makes up 13.4% of households, broadly in line with the Scotland figure of 12.9%. 31.6% own outright and 23.3% with a mortgage.
- Owned55%62.4%
- Shared ownership0.2%0.9%
- Private rented13.4%12.9%
- Social rented29.7%22.5%
- Lives rent free1.4%1.4%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 1.7 people living in it. 53.8% of households are one person living alone, against 37.1% across Scotland.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (35.8%). 13.4% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Scotland
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Scotland (August 2026, +1.1% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around ZE1 9SU (Lerwick North) (about 765 residents).
Source: Scotland's Census 2022, National Records of Scotland. Population: NRS small-area estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.