Results from the June 2017 Scottish Agricultural Census
Statistics on farming in Scotland.
Table 11: Holdings by tenancy type 2007 to 2017
Final Results of the June 2017 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2007 to 2016 for comparison
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | b More accurate tenancy data available | Percentage change between 2016 & 2017 |
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| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||
| Holdings with rented land by tenancy type: | holdings | ||||||||||
| SLA (1) | 98 | 94 | 112 | 119 | 124 | 156 | 149 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 2.7% |
| 91 Act tenancy | 6,441 | 6,723 | 6,497 | 6,327 | 6,100 | 5,086 | 4,993 | 4,904 | 4,731 | 4,370 | -7.6% |
| 91 Act Ltd Ptnship | 958 | 721 | 613 | 546 | 539 | 553 | 532 | 518 | 503 | 459 | -8.7% |
| SLDT | 509 | 526 | 506 | 539 | 551 | 648 | 834 | 945 | 1,070 | 1,192 | 11.4% |
| LDT | 205 | 247 | 259 | 289 | 322 | 389 | 528 | 557 | 647 | 710 | 9.7% |
| Total holdings with rented land (not crofts) (2) | 8,047 | 8,144 | 7,806 | 7,637 | 7,450 | 6,598 | 6,725 | 6,609 | 6,587 | 6,432 | -2.7% |
| Rented crofts | 11,226 | 11,220 | 10,269 | 10,350 | 10,339 | 10,741 | 10,124 | 10,167 | 10,002 | 9,782 | -3.8% |
| Area of rented land by tenancy type: (3) | hectares | ||||||||||
| SLA (1) | : | : | : | : | : | : | 5,295 | 3,126 | 2,889 | 2,406 | -23.0% |
| 91 Act tenancy | : | : | : | : | : | : | 793,558 | 796,701 | 750,125 | 735,710 | -1.9% |
| 91 Act Ltd Ptnship | : | : | : | : | : | : | 155,959 | 156,897 | 145,461 | 108,849 | -25.2% |
| SLDT | : | : | : | : | : | : | 111,624 | 110,097 | 160,343 | 177,559 | 10.7% |
| LDT | : | : | : | : | : | : | 104,501 | 97,923 | 111,949 | 157,437 | 40.6% |
| Total holdings with rented land (not crofts) | : | : | : | : | : | : | 1,170,937 | 1,164,744 | 1,170,766 | 1,181,962 | 1.0% |
| Area of rented croft | : | : | : | : | : | : | 155,182 | 154,981 | 148,779 | 153,089 | 2.9% |
(1) The apparent drop in SLA holdings between 2014 and 2015 is a result of more accurate SLA tenancy information becoming available, rather than reflecting a genuine decrease
(2) The total number of holdings with rented land does not equal the sum of holdings with each tenancy type as a holding may hold more than one type of tenancy agreement
(3) Prior to 2014, the area of rented land by tenancy type is incomplete. From 2014 holdings not returning tenancy data have been estimated using the same method as for estimating the number of holdings with rented land
b break in time series
: not available - data is incomplete
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