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Graven

Graven is a town or village in Shetland, Scotland. It has 0 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Graven area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Shetland Islands area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Shetland Islands
County
Shetland
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 10° · 32% rain
  • Tomorrow: 14° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:35

13h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Market Street 2, United Kingdom

Road safety

12 reported road collisions (2024)

5 killed or seriously injured · 13 casualties · 5.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

3 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 3 passed
  • 0 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£187,659 average▼ 6% YoY

Across Shetland Islands · to 2026-06

Detached£256,908
Semi-detached£180,509
Terraced£125,053
Flat£92,036

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Brae Health Centre (7.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Shetland Islands Council

Population

22,710 residents in Shetland Islands

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Council control

Independent majority

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

1,925 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£864 median full-time weekly pay

1.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,531 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday8.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Orkney and Shetland:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Scatsta Airport · 2.2 km

    Scatsta Airport was a commercial airport on the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland located 17 nautical miles north of Lerwick and 5 mi (8 km) southwest of Sullom Voe Terminal.

  • Sullom Voe · 2.2 km

    Sullom Voe is an eight-mile-long voe or inlet off Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands. It divides the Northmavine peninsula from the remainder of Mainland. It is well known as the location of the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal.

  • RAF Sullom Voe · 2.8 km

    Royal Air Force Sullom Voe or more simply RAF Sullom Voe is a former Royal Air Force station near the village of Brae, in the Shetland Isles of Scotland. It was a Flying boat base and was closely associated with the a…

  • Sullom Voe Terminal · 2.8 km

    The Sullom Voe Terminal is an oil and gas terminal at Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. It handles production from oilfields in the North Sea and East Shetland Basin and stores oil before it is transport…

  • North Mainland · 2.9 km

    The North Mainland of the Shetland Islands, Scotland is the part of the Mainland lying north of Voe.

  • Shetland Gas Plant · 3.5 km

    The Shetland Gas Plant is a natural-gas processing plant in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

Where is Graven?
Graven is a town in Shetland, Scotland, in the Shetland Islands local authority.
How deprived is Graven?
The Shetland Islands local authority, which includes Graven, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.