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Shetland Islands: Band D is £1,487.

Council tax for 2026-27, with what renters pay, how efficient homes are and what broadband and mobile signal there is in Shetland Islands. Every figure shows its source and date.

Council tax in Shetland Islands.

2026-27

Source: Council Tax by band (Scottish Government) Checked

Council tax a year for each band in Shetland Islands, 2026-27
BandA yearOver 10 months
A £991.93 £99.19
B £1,157.26 £115.73
C £1,322.58 £132.26
D £1,487.90 £148.79
E £1,954.94 £195.49
F £2,417.84 £241.78
G £2,913.80 £291.38
H £3,645.36 £364.54

These are the amounts for a home in each band before any discount or reduction. To see the band of a particular home, check it on GOV.UK.

Renting in Scotland: about £1,011 a month.

Private rents · September 2026
One bedroom
£702 a month
Two bedrooms
£912 a month
Three bedrooms
£1,168 a month
Four or more
£1,951 a month

ONS doesn't publish rents for each council in Scotland, so this is the average for Scotland. Up 0.7% on a year earlier. This is the average paid by all private renters, including people who moved in years ago, so new lets often cost more.

Source: Price Index of Private Rents (Office for National Statistics) Published

Broadband in Shetland Islands: 20% can get full fibre.

Share of premises
Can get full fibre
20%
Can get gigabit
20%
Have a full fibre connection
10%

Across 13,367 homes and businesses in Shetland Islands. In Great Britain as a whole, 81% can get full fibre and 88% gigabit. 222 of them can't get decent broadband. Whether a particular address can get a service is for the provider to say: check the speeds at a postcode on the broadband speed checker.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations (fixed broadband coverage) Data from

Mobile signal in Shetland Islands.

Share of premises
4G indoors, every network
58.2%
Calls indoors, every network
59.8%
5G outdoors, any network
54.4%

The share of homes and businesses across the whole council area, not this postcode. Signal inside a particular building can differ, so check each network's own coverage checker.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations (mobile coverage) Data from

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