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.


Annex D - Geography Classifications

In this year's publication the geography breakdown has been extended to include results by deprivation and urban/rural areas.

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004

In this publication results are given for the 15% most deprived areas and the rest of Scotland. The deprived areas are defined using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation ( SIMD) 2004.

The SIMD 2004 is the Scottish Executive's official measure for identifying small area concentrations of multiple deprivation across all of Scotland. It is based on 31 indicators in the individual domains of Current Income, Employment, Housing, Health, Education, Skills & Training and Geographic Access to Services & Telecommunications.

The SIMD 2004 provides a relative ranking of small areas across Scotland allowing the most deprived areas to be identified. The Index is based on the small area statistical geography of datazones which contain on average 750 people. There are 6,505 datazones covering the whole of Scotland which nest within local authority boundaries. They are built from groups of Census output areas and designed to have populations of between 500 and 1,000 household residents.

In this publication results are given for the 15% most deprived datazones and all other datazones (Rest of Scotland).

More information on SIMD 2004 can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/simd2004/

Urban Rural Classification 2003-2004

In this publication results are given for the 6-fold urban rural classification, this includes the following categories:

1 Large Urban Areas

Settlements of over 125,000 people.

2 Other Urban Areas

Settlements of 10,000 to 125,000 people.

3 Accessible Small Towns

Settlements of between 3,000 and 10,000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10,000 or more.

4 Remote Small Towns

Settlements of between 3,000 and 10,000 people and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more.

5 Accessible Rural

Settlements of less than 3,000 people and within 30 minutes drive of a settlement of 10,000 or more.

6 Remote Rural

Settlements of less than 3,000 people and with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more.

More information on the urban rural classification can be found at: www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/rural/seurc-00.asp

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