North Mainland
Middle areaNorth Shetland Islands. 2,594 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 359 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 40% of people in North Mainland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in North Mainland
Scotland publishes recorded crime by council. It has its own layers.
How North Mainland compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of North Mainland?
North Mainland had 2,640 usual residents at the census.
North Mainland is the joint 725th 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 North Mainland alone. See Shetland Islands
North Mainland in brief
North Mainland had 2,640 usual residents at the census.
About 40% of people in North Mainland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In North Mainland, 15.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In North Mainland, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.