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Scottish Survey of Farm Structure and Methods, 2016
Scottish statistics from the EU Farm Structure Survey 2016.
Table 3: Age profile of individual running the holding
| Occupiers | Occupiers or managers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| male | female | male | female | |
| Under 25 | 59 | 31 | 140 | 46 |
| 25-34 | 678 | 408 | 1,058 | 469 |
| 35-44 | 2,586 | 1,426 | 3,450 | 1,547 |
| 45-54 | 6,497 | 3,425 | 8,099 | 3,519 |
| 55-64 | 7,171 | 3,542 | 8,265 | 3,728 |
| 65 and over | 8,120 | 3,247 | 8,847 | 3,330 |
| % male | 67.2 | 70.3 | ||
Note: in this table Occupiers included their spouses, unless the spouse is the manager