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Social housing in Shetland Islands

22.7% of households in Shetland Islands are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is above the UK average of 17.5%.

22.7%Social housing
2,406Social homes
10,594All households
Shetland Islands22.7%
UK average17.5%

How much social housing is there in Shetland Islands?

Shetland Islands ranks 53rd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 10,594 households, 2,406 are social homes (22.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.

How does Shetland Islands compare with the UK average?

At +5.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Shetland Islands sits above the national level.

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Shetland Islands at a glance

Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Shetland Islands.

Broadband

Median available download speed is about 30 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).

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Which areas are similar to Shetland Islands?

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area Census data and may differ from official totals; Scotland reports a combined social-rented figure. Sources: ONS Census 2021 (TS054), National Records of Scotland Census 2022 (UV404) and NISRA Census 2021, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See the full notes and disclaimer.
Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).