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Publication - Statistics

Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture, 2016

Published
14 June 2016
ISBN
9781786522276

Presents an overall picture of Scottish agriculture using data from the various agricultural surveys that RESAS manage.

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Table C21(ii) Number of occupiers, spouses and employees by region and sub-region, June 2015

Number

  North West North East South East South West
Total Shetland Orkney Na h-Eileanan Siar Highland Total Grampian Total Tayside Fife Lothian Scottish Borders Total East Central Argyll & Bute Clyde Valley Ayrshire Dumfries & Galloway Scotland
Working occupiers:
Full-time 1,889 172 388 174 1,155 1,934 1,934 2,200 872 369 318 641 3,511 334 420 734 787 1,236 9,534
Part-time: Half time or more 1,717 222 146 414 935 578 578 598 233 90 100 175 995 109 160 206 193 327 3,888
Less than half time 6,006 725 363 2,038 2,880 1,917 1,917 1,745 669 288 292 496 2,584 265 480 571 468 800 12,252
Total working occupiers 9,612 1,119 897 2,626 4,970 4,429 4,429 4,543 1,774 747 710 1,312 7,090 708 1,060 1,511 1,448 2,363 25,674
Occupiers not working on the holding 1,390 113 211 393 673 1,011 1,011 703 285 135 97 186 1,073 122 164 234 274 279 4,177
Working spouses
Full-time 367 39 65 38 225 284 284 316 113 56 54 93 702 62 84 141 181 234 1,669
Part-time: Half time or more 621 80 103 98 340 365 365 394 150 65 56 123 664 77 98 118 144 227 2,044
Less than half time 3,290 431 328 810 1,721 1,492 1,492 1,533 600 239 205 489 2,267 227 334 474 450 782 8,582
Total working spouses 4,278 550 496 946 2,286 2,141 2,141 2,243 863 360 315 705 3,633 366 516 733 775 1,243 12,295
Spouses not working on the holding 968 75 141 230 522 883 883 683 259 133 113 178 986 99 128 219 247 293 3,520
Full-time employees:
Male: Business partners 277 11 75 10 181 507 507 715 326 99 112 178 963 105 83 181 234 360 2,462
Hired 667 10 110 9 538 1,064 1,064 3,127 1,149 449 714 815 2,313 242 231 365 404 1,071 7,171
Family 257 13 61 35 148 325 325 517 185 86 96 150 797 73 97 166 184 277 1,896
Female: Business partners 49 0 c c 31 65 65 112 48 15 22 27 166 11 11 32 44 68 392
Hired 74 c c c 68 115 115 538 176 77 201 84 290 20 31 104 71 64 1,017
Family 73 c 8 c 47 37 37 92 34 15 17 26 158 13 21 40 43 41 360
Total full-time employees 1,397 41 274 69 1,013 2,113 2,113 5,101 1,918 741 1,162 1,280 4,687 464 474 888 980 1,881 13,298
Part-time employees:
Male: Business partners 135 23 20 8 84 149 149 228 108 36 30 54 259 21 20 53 57 108 771
Hired 321 c 29 c 263 289 289 776 299 147 128 202 829 79 104 159 152 335 2,215
Family 606 96 60 142 308 299 299 244 104 30 41 69 545 65 79 146 84 171 1,694
Female: Business partners 65 c 16 c 39 80 80 100 41 17 17 25 157 16 13 43 27 58 402
Hired 132 c 8 c 114 161 161 416 171 78 85 82 477 47 81 152 78 119 1,186
Family 310 54 26 59 171 132 132 170 60 28 33 49 373 38 45 100 72 118 985
Total part-time employees 1,569 200 159 231 979 1,110 1,110 1,934 783 336 334 481 2,640 266 342 653 470 909 7,253
Casual and seasonal employees:
Male 538 60 60 82 336 566 566 2,559 1,858 397 100 204 1,004 121 112 190 210 371 4,667
Female 140 14 13 21 92 194 194 1,624 1,179 363 40 42 213 16 28 60 50 59 2,171
Total casual and seasonal employees 678 74 73 103 428 760 760 4,183 3,037 760 140 246 1,217 137 140 250 260 430 6,838
Total employees 3,644 315 506 403 2,420 3,983 3,983 11,218 5,738 1,837 1,636 2,007 8,544 867 956 1,791 1,710 3,220 27,389
Total workforce (including occupiers and spouses) 17,534 1,984 1,899 3,975 9,676 10,553 10,553 18,004 8,375 2,944 2,661 4,024 19,267 1,941 2,532 4,035 3,933 6,826 65,358

c data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings.

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