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

Annex G: Results from the Annual Population Survey April'11 - March'12 dataset.

The results from the April'11 - March'12 Annual Population Survey (APS) were released on 21 June 2012 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The key labour market results from the April'11 - March'12 APS are as follows:

• The employment rate (16-64) in Scotland was 70.7% down 0.3 percentage points from 71.0% in April 10' - March'11. The rate in Scotland was the highest of all UK countries and was 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK employment rate of 70.1%.
• There is considerable variation in employment rates across Scotland's local authorities. During the period from April'11-March'12, the local authorities with the highest employment rates in Scotland were Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands and Highland (81.8%, 80.4% and 80.0% respectively) while the those with the lowest employment rates were North Ayrshire, Glasgow City and Clackmannanshire (61.6%, 63.5% and 66.0% respectively)
• The economic inactivity rate (16-64) in Scotland was 23.1% up 0.2 percentage points from 22.9% in April 10' - March'11. The rate in Scotland was the lowest of all UK countries and was 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK economic inactivity rate of 23.6%.
• During the period from April'11-March'12, the local authorities with the highest economic inactivity rates in Scotland were Glasgow City, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire at (28.1%, 28.0% and 26.3% respectively) while the those with the lowest economic inactivity rates were Highland and Shetland Islands (both with 17.0%) and Aberdeenshire with 17.6%