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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
54
Population
147
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚ZE2 9LL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
11
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
16
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
147
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
7%
Under 4
12%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
27%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
114
Single
28
Married
68
Separated
3
Divorced
9
Widowed
6

Health

Population
147
Very good
107
Good
27
Fair
11
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
114
Scotland❚ZE2 9LL❚
Degree or above
34
2+ A Levels or equivalent
13
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
12
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
No qualifications
21

Ethnicity

Population
147
White British
16
White Scottish
127
White Irish
1
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
147
England
18
Scotland
123
Wales
1
Ireland
1
Germany
1
South Africa
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
147
Christian
62
No religion
67
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
93
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
2
Manufacturing
6
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
5
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
111
Scotland❚ZE2 9LL❚
Full-Time employee
63
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
8
Unemployed
1
Retired
9
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
7
Unemployed 16 - 24
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
59
Occupied
54
Unoccupied
5
Detached
51
Semi detached
6
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
11
Two people
18
Three people
6
Four people
13
Five people
6

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