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Place-based policy approaches to population challenges: Lessons for Scotland
This report by the independent Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population analyses a range of place-based policy approaches to population challenges (including zonal approaches), and sets out lessons for Scotland.
Annex 3: Distribution of Shrinking Data-Zones by Council Area and TTWA
| Council Area | Number of shrinking data-zones | % of data-zones shrinking | Rank (1 = highest share shrinking) | Population in shrinking data-zones (2020) | % of population in shrinking data-zones | Rank (1 = highest share shrinking) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | 25 | 8.8 | 24 | 15,437 | 6.7 | 26 |
| Aberdeenshire | 51 | 15.0 | 11 | 33,615 | 12.9 | 11 |
| Angus | 21 | 13.5 | 16 | 14,073 | 12.2 | 12 |
| Argyll and Bute | 45 | 36.0 | 1 | 27,857 | 32.6 | 1 |
| City of Edinburgh | 25 | 4.2 | 33 | 18,432 | 3.5 | 33 |
| Clackmannanshire | 12 | 16.7 | 10 | 6,845 | 13.3 | 10 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 25 | 12.4 | 19 | 16,127 | 10.9 | 16 |
| Dundee City | 22 | 11.7 | 20 | 14,610 | 9.8 | 21 |
| East Ayrshire | 31 | 19.0 | 5 | 20,321 | 16.7 | 4 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 8 | 6.2 | 30 | 5,325 | 4.9 | 31 |
| East Lothian | 11 | 8.3 | 26 | 6,267 | 5.8 | 27 |
| East Renfrewshire | 6 | 4.9 | 32 | 3,586 | 3.7 | 32 |
| Falkirk | 24 | 11.2 | 21 | 14,790 | 9.2 | 22 |
| Fife | 39 | 7.9 | 27 | 25,291 | 6.8 | 25 |
| Glasgow City | 110 | 14.7 | 12 | 74,027 | 11.6 | 14 |
| Highland | 39 | 12.5 | 18 | 23,751 | 10.1 | 19 |
| Inverclyde | 40 | 35.1 | 2 | 23,788 | 30.9 | 2 |
| Midlothian | 16 | 13.9 | 14 | 9,263 | 9.9 | 20 |
| Moray | 23 | 18.3 | 6 | 15,096 | 15.8 | 6 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 7 | 19.4 | 4 | 4,195 | 15.8 | 5 |
| North Ayrshire | 33 | 17.7 | 8 | 20,862 | 15.5 | 7 |
| North Lanarkshire | 80 | 17.9 | 7 | 51,983 | 15.2 | 8 |
| Orkney Islands | 3 | 10.3 | 22 | 1,729 | 7.7 | 23 |
| Perth and Kinross | 12 | 6.5 | 29 | 8,421 | 5.5 | 29 |
| Renfrewshire | 33 | 14.7 | 13 | 21,231 | 11.8 | 13 |
| Scottish Borders | 12 | 8.4 | 25 | 8,304 | 7.2 | 24 |
| Shetland Islands | 3 | 10.0 | 23 | 2,481 | 10.8 | 17 |
| South Ayrshire | 21 | 13.7 | 15 | 12,739 | 11.4 | 15 |
| South Lanarkshire | 75 | 17.4 | 9 | 45,705 | 14.2 | 9 |
| Stirling | 6 | 5.0 | 31 | 4,998 | 5.3 | 30 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 27 | 22.3 | 3 | 16,572 | 18.8 | 3 |
| West Lothian | 18 | 7.5 | 28 | 10,284 | 5.6 | 28 |
| SCOTLAND | 903 | 12.9 | 578,005 | 10.6 |
Notes:
i. Based on National Records of Scotland Small Area Population Estimates 2021.
ii. For explanation of method of defining shrinking data-zones see section 3.1
| TTWA Name | Number of shrinking data-zones | % of data-zones shrinking | Rank (1 = highest share shrinking) | Population in shrinking data-zones (2020) | % of population in shrinking data-zones | Rank (1 = highest share shrinking) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 55 | 11.0 | 32 | 35,551 | 8.9 | 33 |
| Alness and Invergordon | 2 | 6.7 | 43 | 1,618 | 7.3 | 40 |
| Arbroath and Montrose | 6 | 10.5 | 34 | 3,830 | 8.7 | 35 |
| Aviemore and Grantown-on-Spey | 0 | - | 47 | - | - | 47 |
| Ayr | 30 | 15.6 | 21 | 18,676 | 13.3 | 20 |
| Berwick (part) | 4 | 15.4 | 22 | 2,440 | 12.9 | 22 |
| Broadford and Kyle of Lochalsh | 1 | 11.1 | 30 | 584 | 8.3 | 37 |
| Campbeltown | 5 | 45.5 | 2 | 3,447 | 46.7 | 2 |
| Carlisle (part) | 1 | 7.1 | 40 | 711 | 7.2 | 41 |
| Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas | 3 | 12.5 | 27 | 2,479 | 13.2 | 21 |
| Dumbarton and Helensburgh | 21 | 20.8 | 10 | 12,719 | 17.7 | 12 |
| Dumfries | 14 | 11.4 | 29 | 8,525 | 9.4 | 32 |
| Dundee | 39 | 12.5 | 27 | 25,981 | 10.8 | 29 |
| Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy | 27 | 6.7 | 42 | 16,921 | 5.6 | 43 |
| Dunoon and Rothesay | 20 | 62.5 | 1 | 12,088 | 60.4 | 1 |
| Edinburgh | 52 | 6.1 | 44 | 33,962 | 4.6 | 45 |
| Elgin | 23 | 17.2 | 19 | 15,096 | 14.8 | 18 |
| Falkirk and Stirling | 40 | 10.4 | 35 | 25,246 | 8.7 | 34 |
| Fort William | 3 | 10.7 | 33 | 1,971 | 9.5 | 30 |
| Fraserburgh | 6 | 19.4 | 16 | 4,204 | 19.0 | 11 |
| Galashiels and Peebles | 4 | 5.6 | 46 | 2,691 | 4.6 | 46 |
| Girvan | 5 | 31.3 | 5 | 3,311 | 30.6 | 3 |
| Glasgow | 239 | 14.9 | 23 | 156,336 | 12.0 | 26 |
| Golspie and Brora | 1 | 7.1 | 40 | 753 | 7.8 | 38 |
| Greenock | 40 | 34.2 | 3 | 23,788 | 30.0 | 4 |
| Hawick and Kelso | 4 | 9.5 | 38 | 3,173 | 9.4 | 31 |
| Inverness | 17 | 11.1 | 30 | 10,444 | 8.6 | 36 |
| Kilmarnock and Irvine | 50 | 17.9 | 18 | 31,935 | 15.6 | 14 |
| Livingston | 20 | 7.5 | 39 | 11,671 | 5.7 | 42 |
| Lochgilphead | 4 | 30.8 | 6 | 2,697 | 29.6 | 5 |
| Motherwell and Airdrie | 85 | 14.9 | 24 | 53,418 | 12.5 | 25 |
| Mull and Islay | 2 | 20.0 | 11 | 1,373 | 19.3 | 10 |
| Newton Stewart | 3 | 15.8 | 20 | 1,524 | 11.9 | 27 |
| Oban | 6 | 27.3 | 7 | 3,314 | 20.6 | 8 |
| Orkney Islands | 3 | 10.3 | 36 | 1,729 | 7.7 | 39 |
| Perth | 9 | 5.7 | 45 | 6,434 | 5.0 | 44 |
| Peterhead | 10 | 20.0 | 11 | 5,690 | 15.1 | 16 |
| Pitlochry and Aberfeldy | 3 | 20.0 | 11 | 1,987 | 15.4 | 15 |
| Portree | 2 | 20.0 | 11 | 1,142 | 15.1 | 17 |
| Shetland Islands | 3 | 10.0 | 37 | 2,481 | 10.8 | 28 |
| St Andrews and Cupar | 10 | 14.3 | 26 | 7,242 | 12.7 | 23 |
| Stranraer | 6 | 26.1 | 8 | 3,782 | 22.5 | 7 |
| Thurso | 5 | 23.8 | 9 | 2,779 | 19.5 | 9 |
| Turriff and Banff | 5 | 14.7 | 25 | 3,607 | 13.9 | 19 |
| Ullapool | 2 | 18.2 | 17 | 848 | 12.6 | 24 |
| Western Isles | 7 | 19.4 | 15 | 4,195 | 15.8 | 13 |
| Wick | 6 | 31.6 | 4 | 3,612 | 29.5 | 6 |
| SCOTLAND | 903 | 12.9 | 578,005 | 10.6 |
Notes:
i. Based on National Records of Scotland Small Area Population Estimates 2021.
ii. For explanation of method of defining shrinking data-zones see section 3.1
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