Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2011 Edition

Invalid description field:Agriculture

This document is part of a collection


Table C5 Number of holdings and area by regional grouping, region and size of holding, June 2010 (1)

0-<2 (2)
hectares

2-<5
hectares

5-<10
hectares

10-<20
hectares

20-<50
hectares

50-<100
hectares

100-<200
hectares

200 +
hectares

Total

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

North West

5,200

5,321

3,080

2,417

2,022

1,004

688

1,019

20,751

Shetland

163

318

331

352

378

163

113

80

1,898

Orkney

372

364

235

268

343

224

119

78

2,003

Eileanan an Iar

2,289

2,049

1,045

723

225

70

27

43

6,471

Highland

2,376

2,590

1,469

1,074

1,076

547

429

818

10,379

North East

NE Scotland

1,245

1,918

910

793

1,259

1,211

929

562

8,827

South East

1,351

1,577

912

668

956

1,069

1,160

1,401

9,094

Tayside

512

597

330

238

447

503

490

523

3,640

Fife

321

274

136

95

136

198

217

124

1,501

Lothian

216

339

182

113

147

168

171

178

1,514

Scottish Borders

302

367

264

222

226

200

282

576

2,439

South West

1,632

2,188

1,394

1,237

1,974

2,047

1,649

1,521

13,642

East Central

173

249

169

160

235

204

181

145

1,516

Argyll & Bute

215

272

212

199

253

248

174

397

1,970

Clyde Valley

357

604

373

314

553

550

301

209

3,261

Ayrshire

296

488

279

270

442

474

354

216

2,819

Dumfries & Galloway

591

575

361

294

491

571

639

554

4,076

Scotland

9,428

11,004

6,296

5,115

6,211

5,331

4,426

4,503

52,314

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

North West

6,127

16,726

22,006

34,121

64,592

71,341

96,790

1,832,847

2,144,549

Shetland

173

1,091

2,477

4,997

12,394

11,228

15,328

36,350

84,039

Orkney

386

1,181

1,679

3,871

11,095

16,028

16,492

32,987

83,719

Eileanan an Iar

2,722

6,162

7,457

9,884

6,496

4,779

3,901

51,439

92,839

Highland

2,846

8,293

10,393

15,368

34,606

39,305

61,068

1,712,071

1,883,951

North East

NE Scotland

1,412

6,103

6,492

11,541

42,094

87,678

129,508

412,025

696,854

South East

1,445

5,034

6,460

9,496

31,677

78,002

168,378

924,900

1,225,391

Tayside

553

1,882

2,326

3,454

14,887

36,833

69,474

502,766

632,174

Fife

329

852

968

1,335

4,441

14,515

30,788

42,490

95,718

Lothian

241

1,107

1,309

1,603

4,886

12,102

25,352

77,885

124,485

Scottish Borders

323

1,193

1,858

3,104

7,463

14,552

42,763

301,759

373,016

South West

1,708

7,111

9,977

17,773

66,040

148,717

231,166

1,093,768

1,576,260

East Central

179

800

1,209

2,323

7,792

14,549

25,276

134,159

186,287

Argyll & Bute

236

878

1,536

2,856

8,182

17,977

25,350

419,291

476,306

Clyde Valley

396

1,970

2,658

4,514

18,459

39,873

41,247

109,521

218,639

Ayrshire

312

1,594

1,974

3,857

15,339

34,176

48,880

135,792

241,924

Dumfries & Galloway

586

1,870

2,598

4,223

16,267

42,144

90,413

295,004

453,104

Scotland

10,693

34,974

44,935

72,931

204,402

385,738

625,842

4,263,539

5,643,054

(1) This table includes the area of farm woodlands and other farm land but excludes the area of common grazings (cf. table C2).
(2) Includes 35 holdings with zero area; these are sheep stock clubs.

Back to top