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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
56
Population
132
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
39
Scotland❚ZE2 9LS❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
7
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
132
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
63%
65 or over
19%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
15%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
108
Single
31
Married
60
Separated
2
Divorced
6
Widowed
9

Health

Population
132
Very good
67
Good
40
Fair
21
Bad
1
Very bad
6

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
108
Scotland❚ZE2 9LS❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
15
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
32
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
132
White British
16
White Scottish
111
White Other
3
Asian Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
132
England
12
Scotland
113
Wales
1
Germany
1
South Africa
1
India
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
132
Christian
57
Buddhist
1
No religion
59
Not stated
15

Industry

Population
69
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
8
Mining
1
Manufacturing
7
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
8
Transport and storage
8
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
1
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
8
Human health and social work
8

Economic Activity

Population
92
Scotland❚ZE2 9LS❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
14
Self employed
8
Unemployed
1
Retired
12
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
56
Owned outright
23
Owned with mortgage
21
Rented - council
4
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
58
Occupied
56
Unoccupied
2
Detached
50
Semi detached
7
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
56
One person
16
Two people
18
Three people
13
Four people
4
Five people
5

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