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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
55
Population
172
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
47
Scotland❚ZE2 9LH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
12
C2 Skilled manual workers
21
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
172
Under 16
30%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
8%
Under 4
11%
5 - 15
19%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
2%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
120
Single
35
Married
70
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
6

Health

Population
172
Very good
114
Good
44
Fair
10
Bad
2
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
120
Scotland❚ZE2 9LH❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
15
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
172
White British
35
White Scottish
135
White Irish
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
172
England
28
Scotland
138
Wales
1
Zimbabwe
1
Australia
2

Religion

Population
172
Christian
49
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
103
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
100
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
5
Manufacturing
4
Water supply and waste management
3
Construction
19
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
4
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
10
Human health and social work
13

Economic Activity

Population
116
Scotland❚ZE2 9LH❚
Full-Time employee
64
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
16
Unemployed
1
Retired
5
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
4
Student
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
55
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
26
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
4

Housing Types

All categoies
62
Occupied
55
Unoccupied
7
Detached
57
Semi detached
3
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
55
One person
7
Two people
15
Three people
11
Four people
12
Five people
7
Six people
2
Seven people
1

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