Scottish Economic Statistics 2006

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Table 4.4: Model-based estimates of unemployment, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas, 2005

Unemployment

Total
16+

Sampling Variability
(+/-)

Rate 1
(%)

Sampling Variability
(%) (+/-)

Scotland

135,900

5.3

Aberdeen City

5,100

900

4.6

0.8

Aberdeenshire

4,000

800

3.3

0.7

Angus

2,600

500

4.8

0.9

Argyll & Bute

1,900

300

4.4

0.8

Clackmannanshire

1,300

300

5.7

1.2

Dumfries & Galloway

3,000

500

4.2

0.8

Dundee City

4,600

700

6.9

1.1

East Ayrshire

4,000

600

7.1

1.1

East Dunbartonshire

2,100

400

3.6

0.7

East Lothian

1,800

300

3.9

0.7

East Renfrewshire

1,700

300

3.5

0.7

Edinburgh, City of

12,200

2,100

5.0

0.9

Eilean Siar

600

100

4.8

1.2

Falkirk

3,900

700

5.2

0.9

Fife

10,200

1,700

5.6

1.0

Glasgow City

21,700

3,400

8.0

1.3

Highland

4,300

800

3.9

0.7

Inverclyde

2,700

400

7.0

1.2

Midlothian

2,000

400

4.5

0.9

Moray

1,800

300

4.2

0.8

North Ayrshire

4,500

700

6.9

1.1

North Lanarkshire

9,800

1,600

6.3

1.0

Orkney

300

100

3.1

0.8

Perth & Kinross

2,500

500

3.7

0.7

Renfrewshire

4,600

800

5.4

0.9

Scottish Borders

2,000

400

3.8

0.7

Shetland

400

100

3.5

0.9

South Ayrshire

3,100

500

5.8

1.0

South Lanarkshire

7,900

1,400

5.2

0.9

Stirling

1,900

400

4.4

0.9

West Dunbartonshire

3,100

500

7.1

1.1

West Lothian

4,200

700

4.7

0.9

Source: Model-based estimates of unemployment (January 2005 to December 2005), Office for National Statistics
Figures may not sum due to rounding.
1 Total unemployed aged 16 and above as a percentage of all economically active persons aged 16 and above.

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