Shetland Islands · Scotland
Sandwick population
1,217people · latest estimate
Sandwick has a population of 1,217, making it the 2nd largest place in Shetland Islands. The World Gazetteer published 1,217 for Sandwick in 2005 and the current source still carries that same figure, so there is no measured change to report rather than no change having happened.
1,217
in 2005
#2
of 6 in Shetland Islands
The 2005 figure is from the World Gazetteer archive and may draw its boundary differently from the current source, so treat the change as indicative. Sources: method.
Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Shetland Islands population trends, 2001–2025.
Sandwick in context
18 km
north to Lerwick, the nearest larger town
1,217
people live within 10 km
#3,680
largest of 6,358 UK places
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.