SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE URBAN RURAL CLASSIFICATION 2003-2004
Scottish Executive Urban Rural Classification Statistics by Local Authority, Health Board and Scottish Parliamentary Constituency
The following six tables show the percentage of the population classed as urban, rural and remote within local authorities, health board areas and parliamentary constituencies.
Table 1: Scottish Executive 6-Fold Urban Rural Classification by Local Authority
Local Authority | 6-Fold Urban Rural Classification |
Large Urban Areas | Other Urban Areas | Accessible Small Towns | Remote Small Towns | Accessible Rural | Remote Rural |
Aberdeen City | 93.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Aberdeenshire | 0.0 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 10.0 | 39.0 | 16.0 |
Angus | 7.5 | 53.8 | 12.1 | 0.0 | 25.9 | 0.6 |
Argyll & Bute | 0.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 29.9 | 12.1 | 39.9 |
Clackmannanshire | 0.0 | 53.7 | 31.0 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 0.0 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 0.0 | 28.4 | 17.9 | 4.8 | 28.2 | 20.8 |
Dundee City | 99.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
East Ayrshire | 0.0 | 36.3 | 35.7 | 2.6 | 23.1 | 2.3 |
East Dunbartonshire | 59.1 | 26.9 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
East Lothian | 24.5 | 0.0 | 33.7 | 14.0 | 16.7 | 11.1 |
East Renfrewshire | 86.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
Edinburgh, City of | 95.9 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
Eilean Siar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30.4 | 0.0 | 69.6 |
Falkirk | 0.0 | 85.7 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 0.0 |
Fife | 0.0 | 62.1 | 17.3 | 0.0 | 20.6 | 0.0 |
Glasgow City | 99.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Highland | 0.0 | 21.1 | 10.1 | 18.0 | 14.1 | 36.7 |
Inverclyde | 0.0 | 87.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 0.0 |
Midlothian | 0.0 | 66.2 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 0.0 |
Moray | 0.0 | 24.0 | 32.6 | 0.0 | 34.0 | 9.4 |
North Ayrshire | 0.0 | 70.5 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 8.5 | 3.7 |
North Lanarkshire | 65.0 | 15.7 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
Orkney Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.2 | 0.0 | 67.8 |
Perth & Kinross | 1.2 | 32.2 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 34.9 | 11.3 |
Renfrewshire | 75.3 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
Scottish Borders | 0.0 | 27.1 | 19.9 | 4.8 | 39.4 | 8.7 |
Shetland Islands | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.1 | 0.0 | 68.9 |
South Ayrshire | 0.0 | 67.9 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 19.0 | 2.8 |
South Lanarkshire | 22.1 | 56.2 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 0.3 |
Stirling | 0.0 | 52.3 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 33.4 | 5.1 |
West Dunbartonshire | 49.6 | 48.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
West Lothian | 0.0 | 70.1 | 14.2 | 0.0 | 15.7 | 0.0 |
Scotland | 39.0 | 29.1 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 13.1 | 5.7 |