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.


Chapter 4 - APS Time Series

Employment rates

Table 24: Working age employment rates

Geography (Residence Based)

Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

Apr 2005 - Mar 2006

Jul 2005 - Jun 2006

Oct 2005 - Sep 2006

Jan 2006 - Dec 2006

Scotland

74.9%

74.9%

75.0%

75.2%

75.7%

Local Authority Area

Aberdeen City

78.5%

77.9%

77.9%

79.8%

80.6%

Aberdeenshire

80.2%

80.1%

80.6%

80.7%

81.4%

Angus

77.1%

77.7%

78.9%

79.2%

80.4%

Argyll & Bute

77.2%

78.2%

78.7%

79.6%

80.5%

Clackmannanshire

73.0%

71.9%

71.6%

72.0%

72.0%

Dumfries & Galloway

78.5%

79.1%

79.4%

79.1%

79.6%

Dundee City

71.8%

71.3%

70.6%

71.0%

72.1%

East Ayrshire

69.8%

70.6%

71.1%

70.6%

72.1%

East Dunbartonshire

80.5%

81.2%

82.5%

82.0%

80.9%

East Lothian

77.9%

78.3%

78.6%

78.1%

78.7%

East Renfrewshire

79.4%

79.4%

79.3%

78.7%

78.9%

Edinburgh, City of

77.1%

77.4%

78.0%

77.2%

77.0%

Eilean Siar

80.4%

81.1%

81.1%

81.9%

80.0%

Falkirk

76.0%

77.0%

77.3%

76.6%

77.8%

Fife

76.7%

77.0%

77.1%

76.6%

76.3%

Glasgow City

65.9%

64.7%

63.7%

64.3%

64.7%

Highland

80.8%

79.1%

79.0%

78.9%

79.8%

Inverclyde

70.6%

70.2%

70.7%

72.2%

72.3%

Midlothian

79.5%

79.5%

80.7%

80.5%

81.4%

Moray

76.3%

76.9%

77.9%

78.2%

78.5%

North Ayrshire

72.0%

71.0%

70.4%

70.2%

70.9%

North Lanarkshire

71.3%

71.3%

71.8%

71.4%

73.1%

Orkney Islands

84.7%

86.0%

86.2%

83.6%

83.2%

Perth & Kinross

77.5%

77.5%

78.1%

78.2%

79.5%

Renfrewshire

74.4%

75.0%

75.7%

76.3%

76.8%

Scottish Borders

78.0%

78.1%

77.5%

78.8%

79.2%

Shetland Islands

85.3%

85.7%

86.0%

84.8%

84.9%

South Ayrshire

74.1%

74.0%

74.2%

74.0%

74.4%

South Lanarkshire

74.2%

75.2%

74.6%

75.5%

77.3%

Stirling

76.0%

76.4%

75.7%

75.4%

74.8%

West Dunbartonshire

71.0%

71.2%

71.4%

73.5%

73.4%

West Lothian

76.2%

76.7%

78.2%

78.5%

79.2%

Deprivation

15% Most Deprived Areas

56.2%

55.4%

55.5%

55.4%

56.0%

Rest of Scotland

78.0%

78.1%

78.2%

78.4%

79.1%

Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold)

Large Urban Areas

72.3%

72.1%

72.2%

72.2%

72.6%

Other Urban Areas

75.5%

75.7%

75.9%

76.0%

76.6%

Accessible Small Towns

75.3%

75.2%

75.6%

76.0%

76.8%

Remote Small Towns

78.2%

77.0%

78.5%

78.6%

78.0%

Accessible Rural

78.7%

79.2%

79.0%

79.5%

80.8%

Remote Rural

78.8%

79.0%

79.1%

78.9%

79.4%

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