Annual Population Survey in Scotland: A Compendium of Labour Market Statistics 2006

Summary publication of results from the Annual Population Survey 2006, presenting analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are provided at Scotland and sub-Scotland levels.


By employment type

The number of people employed (16+) in Scotland was estimated to be just under 2.448 million in 2006, 88.8% were employees, 10.5% were self employed, 0.4% were on government training programmes and 0.3% were unpaid family workers. In 2006, the three local authority areas with the highest estimated proportion of self employed were: Orkney Islands (21.1%), Dumfries & Galloway (16.6%) and Argyll & Bute (16.2%).

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 2006 (5.4% vs. 11.2%).

In terms of urban/rural areas, in 2006, self employment was most prevalent in remote rural areas (with 21.5% of those in employment estimated to be self-employed).

Table 8: Number of people in employment by employment type, 2005-2006

Geography (Residence Based)

2005

2006

% Self Employed

% Self Employed

Level
Employee

Level
Self Employed

Scotland

9.9%

10.5%

2,172,300

258,200

Local Authority Area

Aberdeen City

8.2%

8.1%

99,800

8,800

Aberdeenshire

12.7%

13.7%

103,200

16,600

Angus

12.0%

12.8%

45,900

6,800

Argyll & Bute

16.7%

16.2%

36,100

7,100

Clackmannanshire

8.3%

9.2%

19,100

1,900

Dumfries & Galloway

14.5%

16.6%

57,800

11,600

Dundee City

7.2%

8.3%

56,400

5,200

East Ayrshire

8.0%

9.4%

48,100

5,100

East Dunbartonshire

10.5%

9.5%

49,900

5,300

East Lothian

12.9%

13.1%

40,400

6,100

East Renfrewshire

12.5%

10.9%

40,800

5,000

Edinburgh, City of

10.6%

11.2%

204,800

26,000

Eilean Siar

12.0%

11.9%

10,600

1,400

Falkirk

7.5%

7.7%

66,400

5,600

Fife

8.4%

10.1%

154,800

17,400

Glasgow City

7.7%

8.8%

223,600

21,800

Highland

13.5%

15.3%

86,700

15,800

Inverclyde

7.2%

9.7%

33,100

3,600

Midlothian

10.9%

9.3%

38,100

3,900

Moray

14.2%

12.5%

36,400

5,300

North Ayrshire

9.3%

9.3%

53,500

5,500

North Lanarkshire

6.9%

8.4%

136,300

12,600

Orkney Islands

19.5%

21.1%

7,500

2,100

Perth & Kinross

12.3%

13.8%

56,000

9,000

Renfrewshire

6.8%

6.4%

76,600

5,300

Scottish Borders

15.4%

14.0%

45,000

7,400

Shetland Islands

14.0%

13.3%

9,500

1,500

South Ayrshire

10.9%

11.7%

43,800

5,900

South Lanarkshire

9.3%

9.3%

134,700

14,000

Stirling

13.8%

12.2%

36,900

5,100

West Dunbartonshire

5.8%

7.2%

39,400

3,100

West Lothian

6.7%

7.2%

81,300

6,300

Deprivation

15% Most Deprived Areas

5.0%

5.4%

240,700

14,000

Rest of Scotland

10.5%

11.2%

1,931,600

244,200

Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold)

Large Urban Areas

8.6%

9.0%

833,400

83,100

Other Urban Areas

7.2%

7.9%

675,300

58,300

Accessible Small Towns

9.0%

10.5%

204,700

24,200

Remote Small Towns

12.2%

10.8%

80,100

9,900

Accessible Rural

14.8%

15.9%

260,400

49,800

Remote Rural

21.4%

21.5%

118,400

33,000

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