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Migration and Commuting in Urban and Rural Scotland
8. Notes
Base numbers
The table below summarises the base numbers used in the report.
Urban rural classification | Base numbers |
Population | Households | Economically active (aged 16-74) |
Large Urban Areas | 1,972,466 | 891,181 | 920,213 |
Other Urban Areas | 1,483,478 | 636,014 | 715,634 |
Accessible Small Towns | 527,748 | 221,567 | 255,943 |
Remote Small Towns | 133,615 | 59,099 | 61,957 |
Accessible Rural | 663,166 | 264,576 | 333,344 |
Remote Rural | 281,538 | 119,809 | 136,990 |
Scotland | 5,062,011 | 2,192,246 | 2,424,081 |
Contacts
This report was produced by Euan Carmichael, Kathy Johnston and Moragh Butler of the Analytical Services Division of Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department. For any queries, please telephone 0131 244 6948.
To obtain hard copies of the report, please telephone 0131 244 6143.
Students Travelling from Remote Rural to Remote Small Towns
- 9,000 students from accessible rural travelled to a place of study in an other urban area
- Most likely to be in the 12 to 15 age group
- Most likely to have to travel between 5km and 10km to their place of study
- The 18 and over age group are the most likely to have to travel 20km or more to their place of study
- The 5 to 11 age group are the most likely to have to travel less than 2km to their place of study
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