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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
58
Population
161
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
43
Scotland❚ZE2 9NL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
5
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
16
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
161
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
16%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
123
Single
47
Married
61
Separated
2
Divorced
7
Widowed
6

Health

Population
161
Very good
109
Good
34
Fair
12
Bad
5
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
123
Scotland❚ZE2 9NL❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
18
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
40
No qualifications
30

Ethnicity

Population
161
White British
40
White Scottish
117
White Irish
1
White Other
2
Mixed Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
161
England
44
Scotland
112
Wales
1
Germany
1
USA
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
161
Christian
78
Buddhist
1
Other
3
No religion
66
Not stated
13

Industry

Population
80
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
15
Mining
2
Manufacturing
6
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
114
Scotland❚ZE2 9NL❚
Full-Time employee
36
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
22
Retired
19
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
58
Owned outright
25
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - council
12
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
4
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
64
Occupied
58
Unoccupied
6
Detached
48
Semi detached
11
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
58
One person
15
Two people
16
Three people
9
Four people
8
Five people
7
Six people
2
Eight or over
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