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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
158
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
48
Scotland❚ZE2 9LP❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
8

Age Groups

Population
158
Under 16
28%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
5%
Under 4
10%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
113
Single
32
Married
68
Separated
5
Divorced
7
Widowed
1

Health

Population
158
Very good
103
Good
44
Fair
9
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
113
Scotland❚ZE2 9LP❚
Degree or above
46
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
No qualifications
15

Ethnicity

Population
158
White British
30
White Scottish
120
White Irish
7
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
158
England
30
Scotland
121
Ireland
6

Religion

Population
158
Christian
67
Buddhist
1
No religion
69
Not stated
21

Industry

Population
97
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Mining
2
Manufacturing
2
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
13
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
11
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
11
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
111
Scotland❚ZE2 9LP❚
Full-Time employee
57
Part-Time employee
21
Self employed
19
Unemployed
3
Retired
6
Looking after home/family
4
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
54
Owned outright
17
Owned with mortgage
25
Rented - council
4
Rented - private landlord
4
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
57
Occupied
54
Unoccupied
3
Detached
55
Semi detached
2

Household Size

All categoies
54
One person
10
Two people
18
Three people
3
Four people
14
Five people
7
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