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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
117
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
41
Scotland❚ZE2 9LR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
10
C2 Skilled manual workers
11
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
117
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
15%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
98
Single
34
Married
34
Separated
2
Divorced
19
Widowed
9

Health

Population
117
Very good
53
Good
45
Fair
17
Bad
2

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
98
Scotland❚ZE2 9LR❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
35
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
117
White British
10
White Scottish
104
White Other
3

Country of Birth

Population
117
England
13
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
100
Latvia
2
New Zealand
1

Religion

Population
117
Christian
42
No religion
60
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
67
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
9
Construction
9
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
9
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
1
Information and communication
2
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
1
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
1
Education
8
Human health and social work
9

Economic Activity

Population
88
Scotland❚ZE2 9LR❚
Full-Time employee
43
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
5
Unemployed
2
Retired
10
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
57
Owned outright
12
Owned with mortgage
10
Rented - council
26
Rented - other social
7
Rented - private landlord
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
60
Occupied
57
Unoccupied
3
Detached
7
Semi detached
43
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
3
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
57
One person
23
Two people
21
Three people
4
Four people
6
Five people
2
Six 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