By work pattern
The number of working age people employed in Scotland was estimated to be 2.365 million in 2006. Table 7 shows that 76.4% of those employed worked full-time in 2006.
Table 7: Number of people of working age in employment by work pattern, 2005-2006
Geography (Residence Based) | 2005 | 2006 |
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% Full-time | % Full-time | Level
Full-time | Level
Part-time |
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Scotland | 76.1% | 76.4% | 1,804,600 | 557,800 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 73.3% | 74.8% | 77,400 | 26,100 |
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Aberdeenshire | 75.3% | 73.7% | 85,100 | 30,400 |
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Angus | 75.6% | 72.1% | 36,800 | 14,200 |
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Argyll & Bute | 77.5% | 75.2% | 31,100 | 10,300 |
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Clackmannanshire | 73.5% | 78.1% | 16,000 | 4,500 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 73.4% | 72.7% | 48,300 | 18,100 |
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Dundee City | 75.5% | 72.8% | 43,500 | 16,300 |
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East Ayrshire | 76.3% | 76.8% | 39,600 | 11,900 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 75.7% | 77.3% | 41,000 | 12,100 |
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East Lothian | 72.8% | 74.5% | 33,400 | 11,400 |
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East Renfrewshire | 74.7% | 74.7% | 33,300 | 11,300 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 75.9% | 76.7% | 174,400 | 53,100 |
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Eilean Siar | 68.4% | 69.7% | 7,900 | 3,400 |
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Falkirk | 78.5% | 76.1% | 53,500 | 16,800 |
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Fife | 76.5% | 76.3% | 127,000 | 39,400 |
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Glasgow City | 77.6% | 79.3% | 190,800 | 49,800 |
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Highland | 74.4% | 74.8% | 73,200 | 24,700 |
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Inverclyde | 76.9% | 76.5% | 27,400 | 8,400 |
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Midlothian | 74.4% | 75.7% | 31,300 | 10,000 |
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Moray | 74.7% | 75.8% | 30,100 | 9,600 |
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North Ayrshire | 76.8% | 76.9% | 44,400 | 13,300 |
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North Lanarkshire | 78.0% | 78.5% | 114,100 | 31,200 |
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Orkney Islands | 72.6% | 70.0% | 6,600 | 2,800 |
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Perth & Kinross | 76.4% | 73.9% | 45,800 | 16,200 |
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Renfrewshire | 77.6% | 77.2% | 61,600 | 18,200 |
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Scottish Borders | 74.1% | 76.5% | 38,500 | 11,800 |
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Shetland Islands | 74.6% | 74.5% | 8,200 | 2,800 |
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South Ayrshire | 75.5% | 76.6% | 37,200 | 11,400 |
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South Lanarkshire | 78.9% | 79.8% | 116,900 | 29,600 |
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Stirling | 72.4% | 75.2% | 30,600 | 10,100 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 77.8% | 78.1% | 32,600 | 9,100 |
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West Lothian | 77.5% | 77.7% | 67,300 | 19,300 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 74.7% | 74.6% | 187,100 | 63,800 |
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Rest of Scotland | 76.3% | 76.6% | 1,617,500 | 494,000 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 76.1% | 77.1% | 690,000 | 205,200 |
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Other Urban Areas | 77.5% | 76.5% | 548,400 | 168,400 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 75.6% | 76.5% | 171,000 | 52,500 |
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Remote Small Towns | 74.6% | 75.1% | 65,200 | 21,600 |
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Accessible Rural | 74.7% | 75.4% | 224,300 | 73,100 |
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Remote Rural | 74.2% | 74.1% | 105,800 | 37,000 |
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Note: 2,600 people in employment could not be classified into full-time or part-time.