East and West Mainland
Middle areaNorth west Shetland Islands. 2,576 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 405 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 36% of people in East and West Mainland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in East and West Mainland
Scotland publishes recorded crime by council. It has its own layers.
How East and West Mainland compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of East and West Mainland?
East and West Mainland had 2,572 usual residents at the census.
East and West Mainland is the 680th 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 East and West Mainland alone. See Shetland Islands
East and West Mainland in brief
East and West Mainland had 2,572 usual residents at the census.
About 36% of people in East and West Mainland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In East and West Mainland, 17.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In East and West Mainland, 1.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.