Scottish Economic Statistics 2007
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Table 4.3: Economic activity, economic inactivity and employment, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas, 2005-2006
| Total aged
16+
(000s) | Total
economically
active
16+
(000s) | Total in
employment
16+
(000s) | Economically
Inactive
16-59/64
(000s) | Economic
activity
16-59/64 1
Rate (%) | Employment
16-59/64 2
Rate (%) |
|---|
Scotland | 4,057 | 2,561 | 2,427 | 643 | 79.4 | 75.2 |
|---|
Aberdeen City | 165 | 112 | 108 | 22 | 83.2 | 79.8 |
|---|
Aberdeenshire | 182 | 123 | 120 | 24 | 83.3 | 80.7 |
|---|
Angus | 85 | 55 | 52 | 10 | 83.5 | 79.2 |
|---|
Argyll & Bute | 72 | 45 | 43 | 9 | 82.6 | 79.6 |
|---|
Clackmannanshire | 38 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 76.5 | 72.0 |
|---|
Dumfries & Galloway | 119 | 72 | 69 | 15 | 82.5 | 79.1 |
|---|
Dundee City | 113 | 66 | 61 | 20 | 76.2 | 71.0 |
|---|
East Ayrshire | 95 | 56 | 52 | 17 | 75.9 | 70.6 |
|---|
East Dunbartonshire | 87 | 59 | 56 | 10 | 85.3 | 82.0 |
|---|
East Lothian | 75 | 48 | 46 | 11 | 81.3 | 78.1 |
|---|
East Renfrewshire | 74 | 48 | 46 | 10 | 81.5 | 78.7 |
|---|
Edinburgh, City of | 370 | 243 | 233 | 57 | 80.8 | 77.2 |
|---|
Eilean Siar | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 86.5 | 81.9 |
|---|
Falkirk | 117 | 76 | 71 | 16 | 81.8 | 76.6 |
|---|
Fife | 287 | 184 | 173 | 40 | 81.7 | 76.6 |
|---|
Glasgow City | 462 | 266 | 246 | 113 | 69.8 | 64.3 |
|---|
Highland | 165 | 105 | 102 | 23 | 81.6 | 78.9 |
|---|
Inverclyde | 65 | 40 | 37 | 11 | 77.8 | 72.2 |
|---|
Midlothian | 65 | 45 | 42 | 7 | 85.6 | 80.5 |
|---|
Moray | 68 | 44 | 42 | 9 | 81.8 | 78.2 |
|---|
North Ayrshire | 108 | 65 | 59 | 19 | 77.1 | 70.2 |
|---|
North Lanarkshire | 255 | 157 | 146 | 47 | 76.5 | 71.4 |
|---|
Orkney Islands | 15 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 84.4 | 83.6 |
|---|
Perth & Kinross | 108 | 67 | 64 | 15 | 81.3 | 78.2 |
|---|
Renfrewshire | 135 | 86 | 82 | 21 | 79.8 | 76.3 |
|---|
Scottish Borders | 89 | 54 | 52 | 12 | 81.8 | 78.8 |
|---|
Shetland Islands | 17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 88.7 | 84.8 |
|---|
South Ayrshire | 90 | 53 | 50 | 14 | 79.3 | 74.0 |
|---|
South Lanarkshire | 242 | 153 | 146 | 40 | 79.0 | 75.5 |
|---|
Stirling | 70 | 44 | 42 | 11 | 79.2 | 75.4 |
|---|
West Dunbartonshire | 72 | 46 | 43 | 11 | 79.9 | 73.5 |
|---|
West Lothian | 133 | 91 | 87 | 19 | 82.7 | 78.5 |
|---|
Source: Annual Population Survey (October 2005 to September 2006), Office for National Statistics
Figures may not sum due to rounding.
1 Total working age economically active as a percentage of all persons of working age.
2 Total working age in employment as a percentage of all persons of working age.
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