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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
57
Population
126
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
46
Scotland❚ZE2 9LJ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
15
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
126
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
69%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
25%
45 - 59
26%
60 - 74
14%
75 or over
3%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
102
Single
29
Married
56
Separated
4
Divorced
7
Widowed
6

Health

Population
126
Very good
81
Good
35
Fair
9
Bad
1

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
102
Scotland❚ZE2 9LJ❚
Degree or above
44
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
No qualifications
8

Ethnicity

Population
126
White British
25
White Scottish
96
White Irish
3
White Other
1
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
126
England
25
Scotland
93
Wales
1
Ireland
3
France
1
Kenya
1
Middle East
1

Religion

Population
126
Christian
38
Other
1
No religion
74
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
76
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
4
Manufacturing
8
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
4
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
98
Scotland❚ZE2 9LJ❚
Full-Time employee
49
Part-Time employee
13
Self employed
13
Retired
11
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
6

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
24
Owned with mortgage
23
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
9

Housing Types

All categoies
61
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
4
Detached
45
Semi detached
9
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
6

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
16
Two people
26
Three people
4
Four people
9
Five 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