Results from the June 2017 Scottish Agricultural Census
Statistics on farming in Scotland.
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Table 8a. Number of employees, 2007 to 2017
Final Results of the June 2017 Agricultural Census together with June results for the years 2007 to 2016 for comparison
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Percentage change between 2016 & 2017 |
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Regular full-time staff | ||||||||||||
Males : Hired | 7,418 | 7,103 | 7,154 | 7,836 | 7,524 | 7,571 | 7,517 | 7,305 | 7,171 | 7,144 | 7,142 | 0.0% |
Family | 2,126 | 2,020 | 1,971 | 2,134 | 1,919 | 1,919 | 1,985 | 1,880 | 1,896 | 1,852 | 1,700 | -8.2% |
Partners | 2,158 | 2,137 | 2,222 | 2,432 | 2,378 | 2,376 | 2,344 | 2,357 | 2,462 | 2,328 | 2,730 | 17.3% |
Total | 11,702 | 11,260 | 11,347 | 12,402 | 11,821 | 11,866 | 11,846 | 11,542 | 11,529 | 11,324 | 11,572 | 2.2% |
Females : Hired | 983 | 883 | 905 | 1,060 | 1,021 | 983 | 1,030 | 1,025 | 1,017 | 1,005 | 1,035 | 3.0% |
Family | 344 | 305 | 278 | 399 | 316 | 311 | 331 | 342 | 360 | 356 | 358 | 0.6% |
Partners | 240 | 240 | 236 | 375 | 311 | 327 | 332 | 324 | 392 | 408 | 455 | 11.5% |
Total | 1,567 | 1,428 | 1,419 | 1,834 | 1,648 | 1,621 | 1,693 | 1,691 | 1,769 | 1,769 | 1,848 | 4.5% |
Regular full-time staff total | 13,269 | 12,688 | 12,766 | 14,236 | 13,469 | 13,487 | 13,539 | 13,233 | 13,298 | 13,093 | 13,420 | 2.5% |
Regular part-time staff | ||||||||||||
Males : Hired | 2,418 | 2,141 | 2,144 | 2,072 | 2,156 | 2,332 | 2,212 | 2,318 | 2,215 | 2,118 | 2,210 | 4.3% |
Family | 1,869 | 1,770 | 1,890 | 1,584 | 1,726 | 1,798 | 1,820 | 1,816 | 1,694 | 1,829 | 1,868 | 2.1% |
Partners | 556 | 528 | 598 | 588 | 605 | 701 | 748 | 693 | 771 | 795 | 832 | 4.7% |
Total | 4,843 | 4,439 | 4,632 | 4,244 | 4,487 | 4,831 | 4,780 | 4,827 | 4,680 | 4,742 | 4,910 | 3.5% |
Females : Hired | 1,135 | 1,025 | 1,047 | 1,246 | 1,181 | 1,346 | 1,364 | 1,274 | 1,186 | 1,162 | 1,179 | 1.5% |
Family | 850 | 805 | 835 | 813 | 873 | 950 | 955 | 941 | 985 | 980 | 1,049 | 7.0% |
Partners | 234 | 262 | 268 | 282 | 293 | 365 | 360 | 373 | 402 | 432 | 462 | 6.9% |
Total | 2,219 | 2,092 | 2,150 | 2,341 | 2,347 | 2,661 | 2,679 | 2,588 | 2,573 | 2,574 | 2,690 | 4.5% |
Regular part-time staff total | 7,062 | 6,531 | 6,782 | 6,585 | 6,834 | 7,492 | 7,459 | 7,415 | 7,253 | 7,316 | 7,600 | 3.9% |
Total regular full-time and part-time staff | 20,331 | 19,219 | 19,548 | 20,821 | 20,303 | 20,979 | 20,998 | 20,648 | 20,551 | 20,409 | 21,020 | 3.0% |
Casual and seasonal staff | ||||||||||||
Males | 3,826 | 3,928 | 4,258 | 3,765 | 4,471 | 4,353 | 4,539 | 4,410 | 4,667 | 4,389 | 5,734 | 30.6% |
Females | 1,781 | 2,021 | 2,392 | 2,133 | 2,474 | 2,139 | 2,213 | 2,256 | 2,171 | 1,961 | 2,515 | 28.3% |
Total | 5,607 | 5,949 | 6,650 | 5,898 | 6,945 | 6,492 | 6,752 | 6,666 | 6,838 | 6,350 | 8,249 | 29.9% |
Migrant labour (person working days) (1) | : | : | : | 414,692 | 410,409 | 546,675 | 492,607 | 350,566 | 459,801 | 429,741 | 659,138 | 53.4% |
: not available - question was not previously asked on the June Agricultural Census
(1) migrant workers are workers that are not UK nationals. Improved data available in 2017
b: break in time series
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