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Shetland Islands Council

Local authority area: Shetland Islands · Sealtainn

Shetland Islands is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 1,468.0 km² and had 22,920 residents in 2019 — about 16 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Lerwick.

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Town hall in the administrative centreLerwick Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Shetland Islands, 2001–2019.

Residents, 201922,920+4.4% since 2001

Land area1,468.0km²566.8 sq mi

Density16/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#379of 382 UK councils · #31 in Scotland

Population estimates17 data points

22.1K22.2K22.2K22.4K22.5K22.8K23.1K23.2K23.2K23.2K23.2K23.1K23K22.9K

20042005200620072008200920102011201220142015201720182019

History

How the council came to be

1996
Created
Shetland Islands became a local authority area.

Same region, same type

Other scottish council areas in Scotland

All councils in Scotland

Glasgow City633,120 City of Edinburgh524,930 Fife373,550 North Lanarkshire341,370 South Lanarkshire320,530 Aberdeenshire261,210 Highland235,830 Aberdeen City228,670 West Lothian183,100 Renfrewshire179,100 Falkirk160,890 Perth and Kinross151,950

Elections

7 electoral wards

All wards of Shetland Islands

Westminster

Constituencies

Orkney and Shetland · 7 wards

Source: Wikidata Q47134 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.