Annual Population Survey in Scotland 2005
This summary publication presents analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are presented here at Scotland and sub-Scotland levels.
By employment type
The number of people employed (16+) in Scotland was estimated to be 2.415 million in 2005, 89.3% were employees, 9.9% were self employed, 0.5% were on government training programmes and 0.3% were unpaid family workers.
In 2005, the three local authority areas with the highest estimated proportion of self employed were: Orkney Islands (19.5%), Argyll & Bute (16.7%) and Scottish Borders (15.4%).
The proportion of self employed was estimated to be lower for people living in the 15% most deprived areas than for those living in the rest of Scotland in 2005 (4.8% vs. 10.5%).
In terms of urban/rural areas, in 2005, self employment was most prevalent in remote rural areas (with 21.1% of those in employment estimated to be self-employed).
Table 8: Number of people in employment by employment type, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) |
2004 |
2005 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
% Self Employed |
% Self Employed |
Level |
Level |
|
Scotland |
10.2% |
9.9% |
2,158,000 |
240,000 |
Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City |
8.8% |
8.2% |
96,000 |
9,000 |
Aberdeenshire |
14.6% |
12.7% |
102,000 |
15,000 |
Angus |
12.0% |
12.0% |
44,000 |
6,000 |
Argyll & Bute |
17.3% |
16.7% |
34,000 |
7,000 |
Clackmannanshire |
9.8% |
8.3% |
19,000 |
2,000 |
Dumfries & Galloway |
14.6% |
14.5% |
58,000 |
10,000 |
Dundee City |
5.7% |
7.2% |
58,000 |
4,000 |
East Ayrshire |
9.5% |
8.0% |
47,000 |
4,000 |
East Dunbartonshire |
10.6% |
10.5% |
49,000 |
6,000 |
East Lothian |
12.6% |
12.9% |
40,000 |
6,000 |
East Renfrewshire |
13.6% |
12.5% |
40,000 |
6,000 |
Edinburgh, City of |
11.1% |
10.6% |
207,000 |
25,000 |
Eilean Siar |
8.8% |
12.0% |
11,000 |
1,000 |
Falkirk |
8.3% |
7.5% |
65,000 |
5,000 |
Fife |
7.9% |
8.4% |
159,000 |
15,000 |
Glasgow City |
7.1% |
7.7% |
229,000 |
19,000 |
Highland |
14.7% |
13.5% |
89,000 |
14,000 |
Inverclyde |
8.2% |
7.2% |
33,000 |
3,000 |
Midlothian |
8.6% |
10.9% |
37,000 |
5,000 |
Moray |
12.4% |
14.2% |
34,000 |
6,000 |
North Ayrshire |
9.0% |
9.3% |
54,000 |
6,000 |
North Lanarkshire |
6.4% |
6.9% |
135,000 |
10,000 |
Orkney Islands |
16.4% |
19.5% |
8,000 |
2,000 |
Perth & Kinross |
13.0% |
12.3% |
55,000 |
8,000 |
Renfrewshire |
7.6% |
6.8% |
74,000 |
5,000 |
Scottish Borders |
16.2% |
15.4% |
43,000 |
8,000 |
Shetland Islands |
13.4% |
14.0% |
10,000 |
2,000 |
South Ayrshire |
11.8% |
10.9% |
44,000 |
5,000 |
South Lanarkshire |
9.6% |
9.3% |
129,000 |
13,000 |
Stirling |
13.8% |
13.8% |
36,000 |
6,000 |
West Dunbartonshire |
6.3% |
5.8% |
38,000 |
2,000 |
West Lothian |
7.6% |
6.7% |
78,000 |
6,000 |
Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas |
5.7% |
4.8% |
242,000 |
12,000 |
Rest of Scotland |
10.7% |
10.5% |
1,916,000 |
228,000 |
Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas |
8.5% |
8.5% |
824,000 |
77,000 |
Other Urban Areas |
7.8% |
7.2% |
643,000 |
50,000 |
Accessible Small Towns |
10.2% |
9.6% |
231,000 |
25,000 |
Remote Small Towns |
12.3% |
12.0% |
62,000 |
8,000 |
Accessible Rural |
14.4% |
14.7% |
294,000 |
51,000 |
Remote Rural |
21.9% |
21.1% |
103,000 |
28,000 |
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