By gender
The working age employment rate in Scotland was higher for males than females in 2005. The rate for males was estimated at 77.6% compared to an estimate of 72.1% for females. The total number of working age males in employment, in 2005, was estimated at 1.235 million with a further 24,000 over working age in employment. The total number of working age females in employment was estimated at 1.104 million with a further 52,000 over working age in employment.
Table 2 shows that the three local authority areas which had the highest male employment rate estimates in 2005 were: Shetland Islands (88.6%), Orkney Islands (87.1%) and Aberdeenshire (84.6%).
In terms of urban/rural areas, the 2005 male employment rate estimate was lowest in large urban areas (74.2%) and highest in accessible rural areas (83.1%).
Table 2: Male working age employment rates and levels, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) | 2004 | 2005 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level |
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Scotland | 77.8% | 77.6% | 1,235,000 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 81.6% | 81.0% | 55,000 |
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Aberdeenshire | 85.5% | 84.6% | 62,000 |
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Angus | 80.0% | 81.5% | 27,000 |
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Argyll & Bute | 79.5% | 79.1% | 21,000 |
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Clackmannanshire | 76.8% | 78.5% | 11,000 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 82.1% | 82.3% | 36,000 |
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Dundee City | 69.5% | 75.4% | 32,000 |
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East Ayrshire | 74.6% | 73.8% | 27,000 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 84.8% | 83.1% | 28,000 |
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East Lothian | 78.4% | 80.0% | 23,000 |
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East Renfrewshire | 82.8% | 82.1% | 24,000 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 78.8% | 79.2% | 118,000 |
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Eilean Siar | 77.1% | 78.1% | 6,000 |
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Falkirk | 80.3% | 78.2% | 36,000 |
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Fife | 79.2% | 80.5% | 89,000 |
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Glasgow City | 66.9% | 67.3% | 124,000 |
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Highland | 86.5% | 80.9% | 52,000 |
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Inverclyde | 68.5% | 70.0% | 18,000 |
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Midlothian | 83.1% | 81.1% | 21,000 |
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Moray | 81.1% | 80.2% | 21,000 |
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North Ayrshire | 71.4% | 74.4% | 31,000 |
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North Lanarkshire | 74.4% | 72.9% | 74,000 |
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Orkney Islands | 89.0% | 87.1% | 5,000 |
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Perth & Kinross | 82.7% | 82.2% | 33,000 |
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Renfrewshire | 75.7% | 76.1% | 40,000 |
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Scottish Borders | 84.4% | 82.8% | 27,000 |
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Shetland Islands | 88.0% | 88.6% | 6,000 |
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South Ayrshire | 75.3% | 77.0% | 26,000 |
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South Lanarkshire | 78.4% | 78.6% | 76,000 |
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Stirling | 80.1% | 77.9% | 21,000 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 72.3% | 74.3% | 21,000 |
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West Lothian | 83.3% | 77.5% | 42,000 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 56.5% | 59.5% | 129,000 |
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Rest of Scotland | 81.2% | 80.4% | 1,106,000 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 74.2% | 74.2% | 456,000 |
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Other Urban Areas | 78.3% | 78.4% | 361,000 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 80.0% | 77.7% | 132,000 |
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Remote Small Towns | 82.8% | 81.2% | 35,000 |
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Accessible Rural | 82.2% | 83.1% | 182,000 |
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Remote Rural | 83.6% | 80.9% | 68,000 |
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