Annual Report 2025/26 - Data Updates and Analysis
Summary Table
The Table below provides a summary of Shetland Partnership Plan indicators, with the following key used to illustrate current status:
| Status | Visual Key |
|---|---|
| Negative Trend, Highly Unlikely to Meet Target |  |
| Fluctuating Trend / Slight Improvement in Trend, Unlikely to Meet Target |  |
| Positive Trend, Likely to Meet Target |  |
| Unknown |  |
Where data is not currently available or up-to-date, local knowledge and understanding has been used to determine the Status.
|
Indicator |
Baseline |
Latest Value |
Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fragility Index | Ratio of 106.9 |
Ratio of 113.2 in 2023/24 |
|
| Population Aged 16-29 | 15.5% of the population is aged 16-29 | 14.0% in 2024/25 | |
| Foodbank usage | 45 parcels on average distributed per month | 85 per month in 2025/26, and signs of greater increase | |
| Children living in low-income families | 5.7% of children live in low-income households |
7.7% in 2024/25 |
|
| Number of Employees | 13,600 employees in Shetland |
12,700 in 2024 |
|
| People Who Feel They Can Influence Decisions Affecting their Local Area |
24% of people feel they can influence decisions affecting their local area |
21% in 2024 |
|
| Fuel poverty | 53% of Shetland households in fuel poverty | 40% for three-year average 2022/24, increase from 31% in 2017/2019. No longer comparable data from baseline. |
|
| People who feel they want to be more involved in decision-making |
41% of people want to be more involved in decision making about their area |
30% in 2024 | |
| Number of Community Council Seats Contested | None of the Community Council seats are contested | 0 in 2025, with 84% of seats filled | |
| Drinking at harmful levels | 20% of people are drinking at harmful levels | 18% in three-year period 2021/24 | |
| Place Standard – how people in Shetland rate ‘Our Place’ |
Public Transport: 3.6 |
Public Transport: 3.5 |
|
| Carbon emissions in Council area | 75% higher than Scottish average | 13.4 tonnes per capita compared to 4.3 for Scotland in 2024. | |
| Children Who Are Not a Healthy Weight in Primary 1 | 17.4% of children are not a healthy weight | 14.7% in 2024/25 | |
| People in Shetland Who Feel Part of Their Community | 88% of people feel that they are part of their community | 87% in 2024 | |
| Participation rate | 96.1% participation | 97.5% in 2025 | |
| People engaged in some form of sport and physical activity | 77% of people engage in some form of sport and physical activity | 82% in 2023 – not updated this year as updates are now biennial | |
| Businesses struggling to recruit labour | 20% of businesses struggle to fill vacancies due to a lack of local labour |
No up-to-date value Likely to be high |
|
| Under-employment | 21.3% under-employment | 6.5% in 2020 – no up to date value due to low sample | |
| Satisfied with public services |
59% of people are satisfied with local services |
53% in 2023 – data is no longer gathered for this indicator and therefore there will be no further updates |
|
| Community Participation Activity and Impact | No indicator developed | |