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Publication - Statistics

Local Area Labour Markets in Scotland - Statistics from the Annual Population Survey 2011

Published
5 July 2012
ISBN
9781780459295

Summary publication of results from the Annual Population Survey 2011, presenting analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are provided for Scotland and local authority areas in Scotland.

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Table 7 - Economically inactive people aged 16-64, by willingness to work and local authority, Scotland, 2008, 2010, 2011

2008 2010 2011
% Who
want
to work 		Level
Want to
Work 		Level - Do not
Want to Work 		All
Inactive 		% Who
want
to work 		Level
Want to
Work 		Level - Do not
Want to Work 		All
Inactive 		% Who
want
to work 		Level
Want to
Work 		Level - Do not
Want to Work 		All
Inactive
Scotland 24.6% 188,200 575,900 764,200 24.1% 188,000 593,200 781,200 24.6% 192,500 591,000 783,500
Local Authority Area
Aberdeen City 29.2% 7,900 19,000 26,900 21.7% 5,600 20,400 26,000 27.5% 7,600 20,100 27,700
Aberdeenshire 33.0% 9,100 18,400 27,400 25.9% 6,300 18,000 24,300 26.1% 7,100 20,100 27,200
Angus 28.6% 3,700 9,200 12,800 30.9% 4,500 10,000 14,400 24.9% 3,700 11,200 14,900
Argyll & Bute 25.0% 2,700 8,300 11,000 24.6% 2,900 9,100 12,000 29.9% 3,700 8,600 12,300
Clackmannanshire 24.4% 2,100 6,500 8,600 31.9% 2,100 4,600 6,700 19.6% 1,700 7,000 8,700
Dumfries and Galloway 25.9% 5,400 15,400 20,700 24.0% 5,200 16,300 21,500 24.0% 5,000 16,000 21,000
Dundee City 26.5% 6,500 17,900 24,300 29.1% 6,600 16,000 22,500 27.7% 6,500 17,000 23,500
East Ayrshire 22.5% 4,200 14,300 18,500 28.8% 5,200 12,800 17,900 25.3% 4,900 14,500 19,500
East Dunbartonshire 26.0% 3,700 10,400 14,100 17.0% 2,300 11,300 13,600 19.3% 2,800 11,600 14,400
East Lothian 22.7% 3,000 10,300 13,300 23.4% 3,200 10,300 13,500 24.3% 3,200 10,000 13,200
East Renfrewshire 20.8% 2,600 9,800 12,400 19.9% 2,500 10,000 12,400 21.9% 2,700 9,800 12,500
Edinburgh, City of 18.1% 13,000 59,200 72,200 22.3% 19,000 66,200 85,200 17.1% 13,700 66,600 80,300
Eilean Siar * * * 2,900 26.5% 1,200 3,300 4,500 29.9% 1,500 3,400 4,900
Falkirk 28.4% 5,800 14,500 20,300 27.7% 6,100 15,800 21,800 30.4% 6,500 14,800 21,300
Fife 27.4% 13,300 35,100 48,400 25.6% 12,700 37,000 49,700 22.9% 12,200 41,100 53,300
Glasgow City 24.5% 29,600 91,400 121,000 17.8% 21,200 98,200 119,300 25.6% 29,100 84,700 113,900
Highland 21.8% 5,700 20,400 26,200 28.3% 7,300 18,600 25,900 30.2% 7,500 17,300 24,700
Inverclyde 29.5% 3,900 9,300 13,200 24.9% 2,900 8,900 11,800 28.3% 3,300 8,200 11,500
Midlothian 17.6% 1,700 8,000 9,800 13.3% 1,400 9,300 10,700 23.1% 2,400 8,000 10,400
Moray 23.9% 2,300 7,300 9,600 36.6% 3,600 6,200 9,700 42.8% 4,200 5,700 9,900
North Ayrshire 26.7% 5,800 15,900 21,700 28.9% 6,800 16,800 23,600 23.6% 5,900 19,100 24,900
North Lanarkshire 18.7% 10,300 44,700 55,000 24.1% 11,300 35,600 46,900 24.7% 12,200 37,100 49,400
Orkney Islands * * * 2,000 * * * 2,300 * * * 2,000
Perth and Kinross 19.5% 3,700 15,100 18,800 14.7% 3,000 17,200 20,100 16.9% 3,300 16,100 19,400
Renfrewshire 22.6% 5,500 18,900 24,400 24.6% 6,600 20,400 27,000 24.8% 7,100 21,600 28,700
Scottish Borders 17.9% 2,300 10,700 13,000 25.6% 4,400 12,900 17,300 25.7% 4,000 11,600 15,700
Shetland Islands * * * 1,800 * * * 1,700 * * * 2,500
South Ayrshire 28.8% 4,700 11,700 16,400 28.3% 4,900 12,500 17,400 24.6% 4,400 13,400 17,800
South Lanarkshire 32.1% 15,300 32,400 47,700 27.6% 13,100 34,400 47,500 24.3% 11,200 34,900 46,100
Stirling 16.3% 2,000 10,300 12,300 20.7% 2,800 10,800 13,700 17.2% 2,400 11,600 14,000
West Dunbartonshire 31.3% 4,700 10,300 15,000 25.9% 3,900 11,200 15,200 28.7% 4,000 9,800 13,800
West Lothian 26.4% 5,900 16,600 22,500 32.2% 8,000 16,900 24,900 31.9% 7,700 16,500 24,200

Source: Annual Population Survey (Jan to Dec
* - Estimate is below reliability threshold.
Levels and proportions cover those aged 16-64

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