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Administrative Areas

Ward
Shetland West
Local Authority
Shetland Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
66
Population
164
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
49
Scotland❚ZE2 9LG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
6
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
5

Age Groups

Population
164
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
134
Single
41
Married
70
Separated
3
Divorced
14
Widowed
6

Health

Population
164
Very good
109
Good
42
Fair
10
Bad
2
Very bad
14

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
134
Scotland❚ZE2 9LG❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
22
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
48
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
164
White British
17
White Scottish
140
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
164
England
19
Scotland
136
Wales
5
Hong Kong
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
164
Christian
78
Buddhist
3
No religion
74
Not stated
9

Industry

Population
96
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
2
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
13
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
1
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
7
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
124
Scotland❚ZE2 9LG❚
Full-Time employee
63
Part-Time employee
15
Self employed
16
Unemployed
1
Retired
16
Looking after home/family
1
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
66
Owned outright
29
Owned with mortgage
29
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
3
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
67
Occupied
66
Unoccupied
1
Detached
63
Semi detached
2
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
66
One person
17
Two people
24
Three people
9
Four people
10
Five people
4
Six people
2

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