Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015

Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2015 presenting an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.


Table C5 Number of holdings and area by region, sub-region and size of holding, June 2014(1)

 

0-<2

2-<5

5-<10

10-<20

20-<50

50-<100

100-<200

200 +

 

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

Total

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

North West

5,663

4,929

2,991

2,354

1,919

984

684

1,009

20,533

Shetland

174

278

330

314

361

170

115

76

1,818

Orkney

407

359

220

256

326

215

120

81

1,984

Eileanan an Iar

2,497

1,834

1,042

699

211

72

21

44

6,420

Highland

2,585

2,458

1,399

1,085

1,021

527

428

808

10,311

North East

1,446

1,849

952

775

1,223

1,124

927

562

8,858

Grampian

1,446

1,849

952

775

1,223

1,124

927

562

8,858

South East

1,611

1,508

916

684

961

1,001

1,138

1,414

9,233

Tayside

621

560

326

247

438

477

472

527

3,668

Fife

367

265

133

101

142

188

213

126

1,535

Lothian

247

318

178

114

154

156

175

177

1,519

Scottish Borders

376

365

279

222

227

180

278

584

2,511

South West

1,868

2,147

1,437

1,280

1,900

1,917

1,592

1,512

13,653

East Central

206

250

169

159

228

198

161

158

1,529

Argyll & Bute

238

277

209

200

248

238

175

393

1,978

Clyde Valley

421

581

362

336

508

509

292

203

3,212

Ayrshire

331

482

300

278

432

446

346

212

2,827

Dumfries & Galloway

672

557

397

307

484

526

618

546

4,107

Scotland

10,588

10,433

6,296

5,093

6,003

5,026

4,341

4,497

52,277

 

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

North West

6,688

15,734

21,359

33,341

61,198

69,200

95,921

1,773,977

2,077,418

Shetland

193

955

2,446

4,450

11,922

11,807

15,875

35,119

82,766

Orkney

418

1,186

1,575

3,706

10,585

15,258

16,534

41,298

90,560

Eileanan an Iar

2,988

5,632

7,460

9,661

6,143

4,824

3,050

46,379

86,137

Highland

3,089

7,961

9,879

15,524

32,549

37,310

60,462

1,651,182

1,817,955

North East

1,670

5,904

6,792

11,292

40,773

81,495

129,461

406,647

684,034

Grampian

1,670

5,904

6,792

11,292

40,773

81,495

129,461

406,647

684,034

South East

1,745

4,878

6,468

9,787

31,816

73,087

164,831

954,731

1,247,343

Tayside

680

1,816

2,293

3,617

14,597

34,812

66,756

514,635

639,205

Fife

383

846

939

1,454

4,699

13,766

30,243

43,829

96,159

Lothian

276

1,026

1,274

1,620

5,093

11,360

25,926

84,897

131,473

Scottish Borders

406

1,190

1,961

3,096

7,426

13,149

41,906

311,370

380,506

South West

1,955

7,009

10,255

18,480

63,065

139,182

223,712

1,123,514

1,587,173

East Central

221

790

1,215

2,331

7,605

14,267

22,348

143,579

192,356

Argyll & Bute

253

896

1,510

2,856

8,021

17,071

25,344

424,264

480,216

Clyde Valley

474

1,918

2,586

4,883

16,678

36,633

40,339

112,030

215,540

Ayrshire

353

1,586

2,113

4,023

14,704

32,150

48,118

138,946

241,991

Dumfries & Galloway

654

1,819

2,831

4,387

16,057

39,062

87,563

304,697

457,070

Scotland

12,058

33,525

44,874

72,900

196,853

362,963

613,926

4,258,870

5,595,968

(1) This table includes the area of farm woodlands and other farm land but excludes the area of common grazings.

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