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Norwick

Norwick is a town or village in Shetland, Scotland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Norwick 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

12°COvercast

  • Today: 13° / 11° · 79% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:21Sunset 19:37

13h 17m of daylight today

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

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

56US 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

No rated food businesses within 2 miles.

Buses & trains

  • 3 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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Unst Leisure Centre, Baltasound (6.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

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

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

  • Saxa Vord distillery · 1.3 km

    Saxa Vord distillery is a gin distillery on the island of Unst, Shetland. The distillery releases products under the Shetland Reel brand name.

  • Valhalla Brewery · 1.3 km

    The Valhalla Brewery in Unst, Shetland, Scotland, was the northernmost brewery in the United Kingdom. It was opened by the husband and wife team Sonny and Silvia Priest in December 1997, and originally based in a larg…

  • Rocket Factory Augsburg · 2.4 km

    Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) is a German NewSpace start-up located in Augsburg. It was founded in 2018 with the mission to "build rockets just like cars". Its multistage rocket, RFA One, is currently under develop…

  • Skaw, Unst · 2.4 km

    Skaw is a settlement in the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, located on the island of Unst. It is located north of Haroldswick on a peninsula in the northeast corner of the island, and is the most northerly settlemen…

  • Haroldswick · 2.4 km

    Haroldswick or Harold's Wick, is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles.

  • SaxaVord Spaceport · 2.5 km

    SaxaVord Spaceport, previously known as Shetland Space Centre is a spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland. The spaceport o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Frequently asked questions

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