ZE3 postcode area guide — Shetland Islands
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the ZE3 postcode district in Shetland Islands — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in ZE3
Mixed coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
75.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Below USO (10Mb)
1.9%
Broadband availability in the ZE3 postcode district (Shetland Islands) is Mixed — superfast is available to many but not all premises. Across the 12 postcodes Ofcom measures in ZE3, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 75.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 0%.
Around 1.9% of premises in ZE3 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in ZE3
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| ZE3 9JJ | 100% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JL | 100% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JN | 0% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JP | 40% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JR | 100% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JS | 81.3% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JT | 33.3% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JU | 100% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JW | 53.8% | 0% |
| ZE3 9JX | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Shetland Islands
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Shetland Islands district (13,248 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
58.2%
4G outdoors — all networks
92.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
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Voice indoors — all networks
59.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Food hygiene ratings in ZE3
5 rated food businesses operate in ZE3. 2 hold a Pass under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme used in Scotland, while 1 currently require improvement.
Among the Pass-rated: Da Hut by Culture, Sumburgh Hotel.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Phone area codes for Shetland Islands
Landlines around ZE3 typically use:
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Postcodes in ZE3
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.