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AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES IN RURAL SCOTLAND
Community Facilities
COMMUNITY INTERNET FACILITIES
Community Internet Facilities are vital for those who cannot afford a personal computer or Internet access at home or do not have access to the Internet at work. In rural areas, 'remote' access to services provided through the Internet is increasingly seen as a way forward to meet the service needs of small and isolated rural communities. Services provided by the Internet can include home delivery shopping, accessing information as well as personally tailored advice, and e-mail services.
Percentage of Households by drivetime to a community internet facility
| 0-5mins | 5-15mins | 15-30mins | over 30 mins |
Large urban areas | 89.82% | 10.18% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Other urban areas | 84.82% | 15.18% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
URBAN SCOTLAND | 87.77% | 12.23% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Accessible small towns | 77.38% | 22.61% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
Remote small towns | 65.48% | 9.94% | 20.15% | 4.43% |
Very remote small towns | 96.68% | 3.32% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
SMALL TOWNS | 77.71% | 19.18% | 2.56% | 0.56% |
Accessible rural | 28.59% | 59.52% | 11.89% | 0.00% |
Remote rural | 25.71% | 41.69% | 25.30% | 7.30% |
Very remote rural | 14.76% | 27.20% | 29.42% | 28.62% |
RURAL SCOTLAND | 25.66% | 50.88% | 17.19% | 6.27% |
Scotland | 75.55% | 19.92% | 3.35% | 1.18% |
- Remote and very remote small towns are better served with community Internet facilities than rural areas and some urban areas.
- Only one-quarter of households in rural Scotland are within a 5 minute drivetime of a community Internet facility, although three-quarters (77%) are within 15 minutes.
- Provision is lower in remote and very remote rural areas: 29% of households in very remote rural Scotland need to drive for over half an hour to reach a community Internet facility.
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