Shetland Islands

Council Area in Scotland

Contents: Subdivision

The population development in Shetland Islands as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2022-03-20
Shetland Islands	Council Area	21,988	23,167	22,986
Lerwick North	Ward	3,230	3,190	3,055	→
Lerwick South	Ward	4,060	4,140	4,002	→
North Isles	Ward	2,870	2,790	2,657	→
Shetland Central	Ward	3,520	3,950	4,223	→
Shetland North	Ward	3,150	3,280	3,325	→
Shetland South	Ward	3,550	4,050	3,988	→
Shetland West	Ward	1,600	1,770	1,736	→
Scotland (Alba)	Constituent Country	5,062,011	5,295,403	5,439,842

Source: National Records of Scotland.

Explanation: The tabulated electoral wards are in 2023 boundaries. Older population figures are computed by using population-weighted centroids of output areas.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2022)
Males	11,521
Females	11,462

Age Groups (C 2022)
0-17 years	4,728
18-64 years	13,256
65+ years	5,006

Age Distribution (C 2022)
80+ years	1,261
70-79 years	2,366
60-69 years	2,942
50-59 years	3,436
40-49 years	2,890
30-39 years	2,694
20-29 years	2,247
10-19 years	2,750
0-9 years	2,404

Country of Birth (C 2022)
Scotland	18,470
UK (other)	3,328
Europe	657
Other country	531

Ethnic Group (C 2022)
White	22,425
Asian	253
African/Caribbean	49
Mixed/multiple	65
Other ethnic group	196

Religion (C 2022)
Church of Scotland	4,366
Roman Catholics	650
Other Christians	1,976
Muslims	42
Other religion	309
No religion	14,424

Main Language (A3+) (C 2022)
English	21,467
Gaelic	4
Scots	449
British Sign Language	13
Other language	480

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