Results from the June 2016 Scottish Agriculture Census
Statistics regarding the area of crops and other farmland, livestock, agriculture workforce and rented farmland, for Scotland in 2016.
Appendix of tables
Final Results of the June 2016 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2008 to 2015 for comparison
Table 11: Holdings by tenancy type 2008 to 2016
| b More accurate tenancy data available | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Percentage change between 2015 & 2016 | |
| Holdings with rented land by tenancy type: | holdings | |||||||||
| SLA (1) | 98 | 94 | 112 | 119 | 124 | 156 | 149 | 74 | 74 | 0.0% |
| 91 Act tenancy | 6,441 | 6,723 | 6,497 | 6,327 | 6,100 | 5,086 | 4,993 | 4,904 | 4,731 | -3.5% |
| 91 Act Ltd Ptnship | 958 | 721 | 613 | 546 | 539 | 553 | 532 | 518 | 503 | -2.9% |
| SLDT | 509 | 526 | 506 | 539 | 551 | 648 | 834 | 945 | 1,070 | 13.2% |
| LDT | 205 | 247 | 259 | 289 | 322 | 389 | 528 | 557 | 647 | 16.2% |
| Total holdings with rented land (not crofts) (2) | 8,047 | 8,144 | 7,806 | 7,637 | 7,450 | 6,598 | 6,725 | 6,609 | 6,587 | -0.3% |
| Rented crofts | 11,226 | 11,220 | 10,269 | 10,350 | 10,339 | 10,741 | 10,124 | 10,167 | 10,002 | -1.6% |
| Area of rented land by tenancy type: (3) | hectares | |||||||||
| SLA (1) | : | : | : | : | : | : | 5,295 | 3,126 | 2,889 | -7.6% |
| 91 Act tenancy | : | : | : | : | : | : | 793,558 | 796,701 | 750,125 | -5.8% |
| 91 Act Ltd Ptnship | : | : | : | : | : | : | 155,959 | 156,897 | 145,461 | -7.3% |
| SLDT | : | : | : | : | : | : | 111,624 | 110,097 | 160,343 | 45.6% |
| LDT | : | : | : | : | : | : | 104,501 | 97,923 | 111,949 | 14.3% |
| Total holdings with rented land (not crofts) | : | : | : | : | : | : | 1,170,937 | 1,164,744 | 1,170,766 | 0.5% |
| Area of rented croft | : | : | : | : | : | : | 155,182 | 154,981 | 148,779 | -4.0% |
(1) The apparent drop in SLA holdings between 2014 and 2015 is a result of more accurate SLA tenancy information becoming available, rather than reflecting a genuine decrease
(2) The total number of holdings with rented land does not equal the sum of holdings with each tenancy type as a holding may hold more than one type of tenancy agreement
(3) Prior to 2014, the area of rented land by tenancy type is incomplete. From 2014 holdings not returning tenancy data have been estimated using the same method as for estimating the number of holdings with rented land
b break in time series
: not available - data is incomplete