Locality Profile Indicators - Sources and Definitions
Economic Data
| Indicator Name | Description | Source - Primary | Source - Secondary | Notes | Time Period data relates to | Date source published |
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| Average annual income | Average median household income (£) | CACI Paycheck data |
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Median income data at datazone level, combined for each locality, then divided by the number of datazones in the locality to give an average percentage. |
2022 | Data received in 2023 |
| Children living in low income families | The percentage of children living in relative low income families before housing costs (BHC). A family must have claimed Child Benefit and at least one other household benefit (Universal Credit, tax credits, or Housing Benefit) at any point in the year to be classed as low income. | Children in low income families: local area statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) | Community Planning Outcomes Profile/Improvement Service | Data at datazone level are combined for each locality, and divided by the number of datazones in the locality to give an average percentage. | April 2021 - March 2022 | 23rd March 2023 |
| Cost of living - compared to Shetland Average | Percentage difference in the cost of acceptable standard of living compared to Shetland average. | Highlands and Islands Enterprise | HIE | The Minimum Income Standard for Remote Rural Scotland report calculates how much it costs for people to live at a minimum acceptable standard in remote rural Scotland. It builds on research elsewhere in the UK on the Minimum Income Standard (MIS), which is based on the minimum budgets required by various types of household. | 2016 | 30th November 2016 | |
| Cost of living - compared to UK Average | Percentage difference in the cost of acceptable standard of living compared to Scotland average. | Highlands and Islands Enterprise | HIE | The Minimum Income Standard for Remote Rural Scotland report calculates how much it costs for people to live at a minimum acceptable standard in remote rural Scotland. It builds on research elsewhere in the UK on the Minimum Income Standard (MIS), which is based on the minimum budgets required by various types of household. | 2016 | 30th November 2016 | |
| Out of work benefits | Percentage of the population (aged 16 to 64 years) in receipt of out of work benefits. |
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) via Stat-Xplore: |
Community Planning Outcomes Profile/Improvement Service |
The data includes Out of Work Benefits as defined in the Stat-Xplore dataset: JSA, ESA & incapacity, Universal Credit, and other income related benefits. More information is available via this link on their website: Benefit Combinations - Data to May 2021 (dwp.gov.uk). This is a proxy indicator for poverty and an indicator of economic wellbeing of the community (CPOP methodology 2023). Data at datazone level are combined for each locality, and divided by the number of datazones in the locality to give an average percentage. |
2021/2022 | Received from Improvement Service in October 2023 |