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Shetland Islands

Nation: Scotland · Area code S12000027

Every figure the hub holds for Shetland Islands from its datasets by area, each as its publisher gives it. Where a dataset's chart compares two periods, its card shows both, drawn to scale, and every figure is in the table below the cards. Each card opens its dataset's page, with its source, licence and checks.

Economy

1 dataset

Median income of taxpayers by council, UK

£34,400

2023/24

HM Revenue and Customs

Energy and environment

1 dataset

Greenhouse gas emissions by council, UK

538.7 ktCO₂e

2024

  • 2024 538.7 ktCO₂e
  • 2023 550.4 ktCO₂e
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing

1 dataset

Average house price by council, UK

£180,869

Aug 2026

  • Aug 2026 £180,869
  • Aug 2025 £203,669
HM Land Registry (UK HPI, with ONS, Registers of Scotland and LPS)

Labour market

7 datasets

Claimant count, the UK's councils

165

Sep 2026

  • Sep 2026 165
  • Sep 2025 170
Office for National Statistics

Disability employment gap by council, UK

14.38 percentage points

2021 to 2023

  • 2021 to 2023 14.38 percentage points
  • 2020 to 2022 28.38 percentage points
Department for Work and Pensions

Disability employment rate by council, UK

63.39%

2021 to 2023

  • 2021 to 2023 63.39%
  • 2020 to 2022 48.90%
Department for Work and Pensions

Disabled people aged 16 to 64 by council, UK

956

2021 to 2023

  • 2021 to 2023 956
  • 2020 to 2022 2,916
Department for Work and Pensions

Disabled people in work by council, UK

606

2021 to 2023

  • 2021 to 2023 606
  • 2020 to 2022 1,426
Department for Work and Pensions

Median weekly pay, Great Britain's councils

£754.40

2026

Office for National Statistics

Non-disabled employment rate by council, UK

77.77%

2021 to 2023

  • 2021 to 2023 77.77%
  • 2020 to 2022 77.28%
Department for Work and Pensions

Transport

1 dataset

Motor vehicle traffic by highway authority, Great Britain

148 million vehicle miles

2025

  • 2025 148 million vehicle miles
  • 2024 146 million vehicle miles
Department for Transport

Welfare and benefits

6 datasets

Children in Tax-Free Childcare by council, UK

115

2025/26

  • 2025/26 115
  • 2023/24 90
HM Revenue and Customs

Children in low income families by council, UK

9.27%

2024/25

  • 2024/25 9.27%
  • 2023/24 9.49%
Department for Work and Pensions

Families getting Child Benefit by council, UK

1,980

Aug 2025

HM Revenue and Customs

Families using Tax-Free Childcare by council, UK

90

2025/26

  • 2025/26 90
  • 2023/24 80
HM Revenue and Customs

Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain

2023/24

  • All eligible households 700
  • Potentially eligible households 300
  • Eligible households in receipt 400
Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit receipt rate by council, Great Britain

50.87%

2023/24

Department for Work and Pensions

Population

1 dataset

Population of the UK's councils

22,710

Mid-2025

  • Mid-2025 22,710
  • Mid-2024 22,800
Office for National Statistics

Every figure as a table

18 datasets · area code S12000027
DatasetLatestFigureBeforeFigure
Median income of taxpayers by council, UKEconomy2023/24£34,400In order––
Greenhouse gas emissions by council, UKEnergy and environment2024538.7 ktCO₂eIn order2023550.4 ktCO₂e
Average house price by council, UKHousingAug 2026£180,869In orderAug 2025£203,669
Claimant count, the UK's councilsLabour marketSep 2026165In orderSep 2025170
Disability employment gap by council, UKLabour market2021 to 202314.38 percentage points2020 to 202228.38 percentage points
Disability employment rate by council, UKLabour market2021 to 202363.39%2020 to 202248.90%
Disabled people aged 16 to 64 by council, UKLabour market2021 to 20239562020 to 20222,916
Disabled people in work by council, UKLabour market2021 to 20236062020 to 20221,426
Median weekly pay, Great Britain's councilsLabour market2026£754.40In order––
Non-disabled employment rate by council, UKLabour market2021 to 202377.77%2020 to 202277.28%
Population of the UK's councilsPopulationMid-202522,710In orderMid-202422,800
Motor vehicle traffic by highway authority, Great BritainTransport2025148 million vehicle milesIn order2024146 million vehicle miles
Children in Tax-Free Childcare by council, UKWelfare and benefits2025/26115In order2023/2490
Children in low income families by council, UKWelfare and benefits2024/259.27%In order2023/249.49%
Families getting Child Benefit by council, UKWelfare and benefitsAug 20251,980In order––
Families using Tax-Free Childcare by council, UKWelfare and benefits2025/2690In order2023/2480
Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain: All eligible householdsWelfare and benefits2023/24700––
Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain: Potentially eligible householdsWelfare and benefits2023/24300––
Households eligible for Pension Credit by council, Great Britain: Eligible households in receiptWelfare and benefits2023/24400––
Pension Credit receipt rate by council, Great BritainWelfare and benefits2023/2450.87%In order––

Wards

7 wards, 7 of them current

Each dataset gives its figures on its publisher's own year of wards, which councils redraw some of every May, and the hub never moves a figure onto another year's wards: a ward that has ended since keeps its figures, one that began after a dataset's year shows – for it, and one its publisher gives no figure for shows not published.

WardChildren in low income families by ward, before housing costs, UK2024/25 · May 2024 wardsFamilies getting Child Benefit by ward, UKAug 2025 · May 2025 wards
Lerwick North and Bressay S1300277715.50%220
Lerwick South S130031537.06%330
North Isles S130027726.71%180
Shetland Central S130031546.93%425
Shetland North S130027737.72%295
Shetland South S130031555.26%375
Shetland West S1300315611.01%160

Small areas

38 small areas in 3 datasets

Each dataset gives its figures on its own file's areas and edition (LSOAs and MSOAs of 2011 or 2021, data zones), and the hub never moves a figure onto another's areas. An area is listed here where the ONS's output area lookups, or for Scotland and Northern Ireland the area register, put it in this council.

Every figure here is in this council's small areas file (JSON), and each dataset's whole file is on its page.

Traffic count points

Traffic at each count point, Great Britain, 2025

DfT's annual average daily flow of motor vehicles past each count point, both ways, on an average day of the year: counted where DfT counted it that year, estimated from earlier counts and traffic trends otherwise, which DfT says should be used with caution. Each point stands for its road between the two junctions named.

  • 83 to 404
  • 404 to 1,069
  • 1,069 to 2,890
  • 2,890 to 6,131
  • 6,131 to 13k

Every count point as a table

the busiest first
Road and count pointBetweenRoad categoryCounted or estimated2025
A970 41004A969 to Gremista BraeClass A Principal roadEstimated12,774 vehicles a day
A970 21000A969 to A969Class A Principal roadEstimated8,769 vehicles a day
A969 80327ferry to A970Class A Principal roadEstimated8,422 vehicles a day
A970 91203Gremista Brae to Ladies DriveClass A Principal roadEstimated8,071 vehicles a day
A969 80326A970 to ferryClass A Principal roadEstimated8,021 vehicles a day
A970 31004Ladies Drive to A970 Bridge of FitchClass A Principal roadEstimated7,195 vehicles a day
A970 50847B9073 to A969Class A Principal roadEstimated6,436 vehicles a day
A970 41003C-road south of Tingwall to Bridge of FitchClass A Principal roadEstimated6,131 vehicles a day
A970 11001C-road south of Tingwall to A971Class A Principal roadEstimated5,581 vehicles a day
A970 50848B9073 to B9074Class A Principal roadEstimated3,834 vehicles a day
A970 1190B9122 to B9073Class A Principal roadEstimated3,721 vehicles a day
A970 1189Hillside Rd, Scalloway to B9074Class A Principal roadEstimated3,680 vehicles a day
A970 50849B9075 to B9071Class A Principal roadEstimated3,457 vehicles a day
A970 41002B9071 to A968Class A Principal roadEstimated3,373 vehicles a day
A970 31003A971 to B9075Class A Principal roadEstimated3,036 vehicles a day
A970 74267B9071 to B9071Class A Principal roadEstimated2,973 vehicles a day
A970 1188B9075 to B9075Class A Principal roadEstimated2,890 vehicles a day
A970 20999B9073 to A970 Bridge of FitchClass A Principal roadEstimated2,716 vehicles a day
A970 11000A968 to B9076Class A Principal roadEstimated2,126 vehicles a day
A971 21001B9075 to A970Class A Principal roadEstimated2,103 vehicles a day
A971 50845B9071 to B9075Class A Principal roadEstimated1,653 vehicles a day
A970 11003end of A-road status, Sumburgh to B9122Class A Principal roadEstimated1,431 vehicles a day
A970 74268B9122 to B9122Class A Principal roadEstimated1,402 vehicles a day
A968 20997A970 to B9076Class A Principal roadEstimated1,228 vehicles a day
A971 1191B9071 to B9071Class A Principal roadEstimated1,069 vehicles a day
A970 31002B9076 to A970 split, Sandy LochsClass A Principal roadEstimated829 vehicles a day
A968 41001B9076 to ferry, Booth of ToftClass A Principal roadEstimated698 vehicles a day
A971 31006A971 Gallow Hill to B9071Class A Principal roadEstimated684 vehicles a day
A968 31001B9081 to ferry, GutcherClass A Principal roadEstimated601 vehicles a day
A971 11004Walls to A971 Gallow HillClass A Principal roadEstimated582 vehicles a day
A968 10999ferry, Flukes Hole to B9081Class A Principal roadEstimated536 vehicles a day
A968 80332Belmont ferry to B9086Class A Principal roadEstimated514 vehicles a day
A970 1187Hillswick to A970 (Sandy Lochs)Class A Principal roadEstimated414 vehicles a day
B9122 811585NA to NAClass B roadCounted404 vehicles a day
B9071 811499NA to NAClass B roadCounted296 vehicles a day
A971 74266end to A971 splitClass A Principal roadEstimated225 vehicles a day
A970 74265A970 split to endClass A Principal roadEstimated216 vehicles a day
B9081 804847NA to NAClass B roadCounted203 vehicles a day
C 811346NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadCounted173 vehicles a day
U 811613NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadCounted164 vehicles a day
U 804665NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadCounted131 vehicles a day
C 811486NA to NAClass C road or Unclassified roadCounted83 vehicles a day