Scottish Agricultural Census Summary Sheets by Geographic Area: June 2007

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Total area breakdown

June Census 2007
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Tillage (1)
1

Grass under
5 years old
+ 2

Arable
= 3

Grass over
5 years old
+ 4

Total crops
and grass
= 5

Sole right
rough grazing (2)
+ 6

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

North West:

4,073

54,093.29

8,631

47,407.01

10,336

101,500.30

12,596

177,470.44

14,156

278,970.74

10,737

1,701,379.59

Shetland

305

429.63

690

1,983.86

808

2,413.49

1,399

21,608.87

1,454

24,022.36

1,251

54,929.67

Orkney

666

5,452.14

1,186

10,786.52

1,345

16,238.66

1,468

38,458.06

1,597

54,696.72

901

36,062.95

Eileanan an Iar

1,131

2,531.53

2,547

2,542.54

3,168

5,074.07

3,612

17,333.66

4,126

22,407.73

2,979

70,400.85

Highland

1,971

45,679.99

4,208

32,094.08

5,015

77,774.08

6,117

100,069.86

6,979

177,843.94

5,606

1,539,986.12

North East:

4,005

185,508.55

5,417

85,727.46

6,685

271,236.02

6,151

113,030.44

7,787

384,266.46

2,914

239,465.03

South East:

3,976

306,616.69

4,728

82,628.33

6,405

389,245.02

6,394

200,330.19

7,783

589,575.22

2,912

581,798.12

Tayside

1,798

128,713.56

1,937

29,756.35

2,703

158,469.91

2,384

62,181.29

3,141

220,651.21

1,243

381,445.52

Fife

676

53,669.00

734

9,632.85

1,029

63,301.85

986

20,538.10

1,224

83,839.95

456

7,811.44

Lothian

617

50,374.20

724

10,867.98

1,051

61,242.18

1,062

27,129.76

1,296

88,371.93

388

32,905.62

Scottish Borders

885

73,859.94

1,333

32,371.15

1,622

106,231.08

1,962

90,481.04

2,122

196,712.13

825

159,635.54

South West:

2,824

59,948.57

6,776

100,263.59

7,570

160,212.16

10,257

428,291.90

10,930

588,504.05

5,633

879,051.75

East Central

365

13,050.82

740

8,884.44

850

21,935.26

1,118

37,775.84

1,214

59,711.09

534

112,109.04

Argyll & Bute

287

2,865.66

725

9,468.66

813

12,334.32

1,218

40,539.13

1,305

52,873.45

1,345

393,459.75

Clyde Valley

632

10,875.74

1,598

18,895.74

1,820

29,771.48

2,461

83,884.50

2,634

113,655.98

1,170

86,407.04

Ayrshire

561

10,963.53

1,427

17,563.90

1,610

28,527.44

2,231

97,230.76

2,353

125,758.19

942

98,031.41

Dumfries & Galloway

979

22,192.82

2,286

45,450.85

2,477

67,643.66

3,229

168,861.67

3,424

236,505.34

1,642

189,044.51

Scotland

14,878

606,167.11

25,552

316,026.39

30,996

922,193.50

35,398

919,122.97

40,656

1,841,316.47

22,196

3,401,694.49

(1) Includes total crops, bare fallow land and set-aside land.
(2) Includes deer forests.

Total area breakdown (continued)
June Census 2007
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Sole right
agricultural area (1)
= 7

Woodland (2)
+ 8

Roads, yards
and buildings
+ 9

Total area in
sole occupation (3)
= 10

Common grazings
+ 11

Total area
= 12

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Hectares

North West:

20,171

1,980,350.34

1,982

114,327.88

5,556

23,326.95

20,455

2,118,005.17

1,012

578,976.55

2,696,981.72

Shetland

1,881

78,952.03

87

56.66

557

614.76

1,883

79,623.45

159

66,941.83

146,565.28

Orkney

1,944

90,759.66

80

134.19

872

1,174.40

1,969

92,068.25

18

2,155.40

94,223.65

Eileanan an Iar

6,340

92,808.58

128

799.90

1,121

609.13

6,393

94,217.62

290

214,336.59

308,554.21

Highland

10,006

1,717,830.06

1,687

113,337.13

3,006

20,928.66

10,210

1,852,095.85

545

295,542.74

2,147,638.59

North East:

8,522

623,731.48

2,257

35,607.91

4,643

10,438.20

8,700

669,777.59

*

*

*

South East:

8,611

1,171,373.33

3,107

54,138.30

4,969

19,967.48

8,896

1,245,479.11

*

*

*

Tayside

3,480

602,096.73

1,139

24,557.11

2,053

9,918.03

3,580

636,571.86

*

*

*

Fife

1,386

91,651.38

447

4,207.08

783

2,567.25

1,445

98,425.71

0

0.00

98,425.71

Lothian

1,438

121,277.56

485

6,678.19

794

2,974.28

1,505

130,930.03

0

0.00

130,930.03

Scottish Borders

2,307

356,347.67

1,036

18,695.92

1,339

4,507.92

2,366

379,551.51

0

0.00

379,551.51

South West:

13,008

1,467,555.81

3,667

75,776.87

6,223

20,791.04

13,314

1,564,123.72

69

10,372.72

1,574,496.44

East Central

1,425

171,820.13

426

8,508.48

721

2,004.14

1,464

182,332.75

0

0.00

182,332.75

Argyll & Bute

1,887

446,333.20

492

29,484.15

854

4,882.51

1,904

480,699.86

60

9,034.62

489,734.48

Clyde Valley

3,084

200,063.03

781

11,477.49

1,390

3,710.71

3,210

215,251.23

*

*

*

Ayrshire

2,686

223,789.60

708

8,536.95

1,218

4,198.41

2,754

236,524.96

*

*

*

Dumfries & Galloway

3,926

425,549.85

1,260

17,769.80

2,040

5,995.27

3,982

449,314.92

0

0.00

449,314.92

Scotland

50,312

5,243,010.96

11,013

279,850.96

21,391

74,523.67

51,365

5,597,385.59

1,089

594,439.51

6,191,825.10

(1) Equates with the EU measure of Utilised Agricultural Area ( UAA) for holdings. For Scotland in total, the measure is column 7 plus column 11.
(2) Woodland contained within the agricultural holding.
(3) Includes 46 holdings with no area in sole occupation; these are Sheep Stock Clubs.

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