Map of HS8 5SY postcode

General information

Postcode	HS8 5SY
Post Town	Isle of South Uist
Nearest station	Mallaig (97 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A865
Number of UPRNs	59 View
Businesses	ASKERNISH SHELLFISH LTD SOUTH UIST DISTILLERS CO LTD UIST SEA FOOD LTD

Geography

	Latitude	57.187086
	Longitude	-7.396304
	Easting	74121
	Northing	823615
	Grid reference	NF741236
	UTM reference	29V 596926 6339351
	what3words	forklift.hippy.trespass
	FixPhrase	culprit liqueur subduing thrill
	Plus code	9C9J5JP3+RF
	Altitude	6 metres (20 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:56
	Sunset (today)	16:24
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.2 KMs (0.7 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Uibhist a Deas, Èirisgeigh agus Beinn na Faoghla	S13003143
Council Area	Na h-Eileanan Siar	S12000013
Constituency (2024)	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	S14000027
MP	Torcuil Crichton	Labour
Police force	Scotland
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	July 1995
Last updated	December 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	79
Households (2011)	27
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	3,067 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00166579
Census output area (2011)	S00135070
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Lochboisdale and Daliburgh	S01018385
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist - 04	S01009017
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Barra and South Uist	S02003404
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Barra and South Uist	S02001687
Travel to work area	Eilean Siar	S22000013

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