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Mapping the Third Sector in Rural Scotland: An Initial Review of the Literature

The report is a review of the literature on the nature and extent of third sector activity and volunteering in rural areas of Scotland.

Rank	LA	Accessible rural (%)	Remote rural (%)	Combined (%)
1	Eilean Siar		78.9	78.9
2	Shetland Islands		70.9	70.9
3	Orkney Islands		67.2	67.2
4	Aberdeenshire	36.8	16	52.8
=	Argyll and Bute	7.6	45.2	52.8
5	Highland	10.5	40.6	51.1
6	Scottish Borders	39	12	51
7	Dumfries and Galloway	25	21.9	46.9
=	Perth and Kinross	30.2	16.7	46.9
8	Moray	29.1	14.2	43.3
9	Stirling	27.1	7.5	34.6
10	East Lothian	24.7	2.9	27.6
11	Angus	26.7	0.8	27.5
12	East Ayrshire	18.5	8.6	27.1
13	South Ayrshire	17.8	4.3	22.1
14	Fife	17.8		17.8
15	Midlothian	17.3		17.3
16	Clackmannanshire	14.2		14.2
17	South Lanarkshire	11	1.3	12.3
18	North Ayrshire	5.7	4.9	10.6
19	West Lothian	9.8		9.8
20	Falkirk	9.1		9.1
21	North Lanarkshire	6.8		6.8
22	East Dunbartonshire	5.7		5.7
23	Inverclyde	5.6		5.6
24	Renfrewshire	4.4		4.4
25	East Renfrewshire	4		4
26	Aberdeen City	1.6		1.6
27	West Dunbartonshire	1.3		1.3
28	City of Edinburgh	1.1		1.1
29	Dundee City	0.4		0.4
30	Glasgow City	0.2		0.2

% Population living in 'accessible rural' and 'remote rural' LAs according to the six fold ranking provided in Scottish Government (2010c: 14)

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