Central Shetland
Middle areaEast Shetland Islands. 4,201 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 110 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 88% of people in Central Shetland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Central Shetland
Scotland publishes recorded crime by council. It has its own layers.
How Central Shetland compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Central Shetland?
Central Shetland had 4,147 usual residents at the census.
Central Shetland is the 1,612th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Shetland Islands
These figures are published for the whole of Shetland Islands, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Shetland Islands and not Central Shetland alone. See Shetland Islands
Central Shetland in brief
Central Shetland had 4,147 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in Central Shetland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Central Shetland, 21.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Central Shetland, 1.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.