Annual Population Survey in Scotland 2005
This summary publication presents analysis on the labour market, education and training. Results are presented here at Scotland and sub-Scotland levels.
Working age people in employment, education or training ( EET)
The number of working age people in employment, education or training in Scotland was estimated to be 2.490 million in 2005 (79.7% of all working age people).
Table 18 shows the estimated proportion of working age people EET in 2005. The three local authority areas with the lowest estimated proportions were: Glasgow City (72.2%), East Ayrshire (74.1%) and North Lanarkshire (75.3%).
In 2005, the proportion of working age people EET living in the 15% most deprived areas was estimated to be 61.6%, lower than that for the rest of Scotland at 82.7%.
Table 18: Proportion and level of working age people EET, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) |
2004 |
2005 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Proportion |
Proportion |
Level |
|
Scotland |
79.4% |
79.7% |
2,490,000 |
Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City |
82.1% |
83.6% |
108,000 |
Aberdeenshire |
83.7% |
84.4% |
120,000 |
Angus |
80.5% |
80.4% |
51,000 |
Argyll & Bute |
80.3% |
80.7% |
42,000 |
Clackmannanshire |
77.1% |
75.7% |
22,000 |
Dumfries & Galloway |
81.6% |
80.8% |
68,000 |
Dundee City |
75.7% |
78.7% |
66,000 |
East Ayrshire |
76.5% |
74.1% |
53,000 |
East Dunbartonshire |
86.3% |
86.1% |
57,000 |
East Lothian |
80.6% |
82.0% |
46,000 |
East Renfrewshire |
85.6% |
84.4% |
48,000 |
Edinburgh, City of |
83.3% |
84.6% |
250,000 |
Eilean Siar |
84.5% |
85.9% |
12,000 |
Falkirk |
80.0% |
79.0% |
71,000 |
Fife |
81.5% |
80.6% |
175,000 |
Glasgow City |
71.4% |
72.2% |
269,000 |
Highland |
85.3% |
83.8% |
103,000 |
Inverclyde |
73.1% |
76.1% |
38,000 |
Midlothian |
83.1% |
82.5% |
42,000 |
Moray |
81.2% |
80.4% |
41,000 |
North Ayrshire |
72.8% |
77.3% |
63,000 |
North Lanarkshire |
74.5% |
75.3% |
150,000 |
Orkney Islands |
88.7% |
86.4% |
10,000 |
Perth & Kinross |
81.8% |
82.7% |
65,000 |
Renfrewshire |
77.7% |
79.0% |
82,000 |
Scottish Borders |
83.6% |
82.3% |
52,000 |
Shetland Islands |
88.1% |
89.3% |
12,000 |
South Ayrshire |
78.1% |
79.5% |
52,000 |
South Lanarkshire |
78.6% |
78.8% |
149,000 |
Stirling |
81.0% |
80.8% |
44,000 |
West Dunbartonshire |
75.4% |
76.0% |
43,000 |
West Lothian |
82.1% |
79.5% |
86,000 |
Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas |
59.8% |
61.6% |
273,000 |
Rest of Scotland |
82.7% |
82.7% |
2,217,000 |
Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas |
77.3% |
78.3% |
957,000 |
Other Urban Areas |
79.1% |
79.4% |
717,000 |
Accessible Small Towns |
80.7% |
79.8% |
263,000 |
Remote Small Towns |
82.2% |
81.4% |
69,000 |
Accessible Rural |
82.5% |
83.0% |
351,000 |
Remote Rural |
84.7% |
82.7% |
132,000 |
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