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.


Chapter 4 - APS Time Series

Employment rates

Table 24: Working age employment rates

Geography (Residence Based)

Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

Apr 2004 - Mar 2005

Jul 2004 -Jun 2005

Oct 2004 -Sep 2005

Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

Scotland

74.7%

74.9%

74.7%

74.7%

74.9%

Local Authority Area

Aberdeen City

76.2%

77.2%

77.7%

76.9%

78.5%

Aberdeenshire

79.3%

79.1%

78.5%

79.0%

80.2%

Angus

76.1%

76.4%

76.1%

77.6%

77.1%

Argyll & Bute

77.6%

77.7%

76.4%

76.9%

77.2%

Clackmannanshire

72.3%

73.6%

74.5%

73.6%

73.0%

Dumfries & Galloway

78.8%

78.3%

78.1%

79.4%

78.5%

Dundee City

68.3%

70.3%

72.4%

70.9%

71.8%

East Ayrshire

71.6%

70.9%

70.7%

70.0%

69.8%

East Dunbartonshire

81.3%

81.1%

79.9%

79.8%

80.5%

East Lothian

76.3%

77.4%

78.8%

78.7%

77.9%

East Renfrewshire

79.3%

80.6%

79.4%

79.5%

79.4%

Edinburgh, City of

75.5%

76.1%

74.9%

76.2%

77.1%

Eilean Siar

79.2%

78.8%

79.3%

79.4%

80.4%

Falkirk

76.9%

76.5%

76.3%

76.1%

76.0%

Fife

77.9%

77.3%

76.5%

77.4%

76.7%

Glasgow City

64.9%

65.0%

66.2%

65.3%

65.9%

Highland

82.8%

83.2%

82.1%

80.8%

80.8%

Inverclyde

68.7%

69.3%

69.5%

70.3%

70.6%

Midlothian

80.0%

81.2%

80.1%

80.8%

79.5%

Moray

77.6%

77.3%

77.7%

77.5%

76.3%

North Ayrshire

67.7%

69.9%

71.5%

71.7%

72.0%

North Lanarkshire

70.6%

70.7%

70.4%

71.0%

71.3%

Orkney Islands

85.1%

83.1%

83.7%

85.3%

84.7%

Perth & Kinross

78.2%

77.7%

77.4%

78.4%

77.5%

Renfrewshire

74.5%

74.9%

73.8%

74.3%

74.4%

Scottish Borders

79.7%

79.5%

78.9%

77.7%

78.0%

Shetland Islands

85.8%

84.6%

83.0%

85.0%

85.3%

South Ayrshire

74.1%

74.2%

72.9%

74.0%

74.1%

South Lanarkshire

75.5%

74.8%

74.4%

73.8%

74.2%

Stirling

76.5%

76.3%

75.5%

75.7%

76.0%

West Dunbartonshire

70.8%

70.7%

70.1%

70.1%

71.0%

West Lothian

79.1%

78.8%

78.9%

77.4%

76.2%

Deprivation

15% Most Deprived Areas

54.9%

55.7%

55.7%

55.8%

56.7%

Rest of Scotland

78.1%

78.1%

77.9%

77.9%

77.9%

Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold)

Large Urban Areas

71.3%

71.7%

71.8%

71.7%

72.3%

Other Urban Areas

75.5%

75.5%

75.2%

75.3%

75.3%

Accessible Small Towns

76.8%

76.7%

75.9%

76.2%

75.3%

Remote Small Towns

79.5%

80.1%

79.0%

78.5%

78.5%

Accessible Rural

78.1%

78.2%

78.0%

78.4%

79.1%

Remote Rural

81.3%

80.3%

80.3%

80.1%

78.9%

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