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Table C4 Number of main and minor holdings and area on main and minor holdings by region and size of holding, June 2005 (1)

0-<2(2)hectares

2-<5 hectares

5-<10 hectares

10-<20 hectares

20-<50 hectares

50-<100 hectares

100-<200 hectares

200 + hectares

Total

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

North West:

4,925

5,328

2,982

2,381

2,067

994

704

974

20,355

Shetland

150

366

344

385

405

166

110

60

1,986

Orkney

311

327

235

269

380

237

128

72

1,959

Eileanan an Iar

2,213

2,128

1,002

669

220

49

24

42

6,347

Highland

2,251

2,507

1,401

1,058

1,062

542

442

800

10,063

North East:

NE Scotland

1,045

1,798

884

752

1,289

1,288

986

581

8,623

South East:

1,139

1,466

810

645

943

1,091

1,272

1,511

8,877

Tayside

447

564

295

234

434

521

566

561

3,622

Fife

263

241

110

97

129

191

234

139

1,404

Lothian

179

337

171

110

164

167

184

193

1,505

Scottish Borders

250

324

234

204

216

212

288

618

2,346

South West:

1,398

1,985

1,270

1,183

1,959

2,180

1,791

1,515

13,281

East Central

144

226

139

146

234

230

185

150

1,454

Argyll & Bute

213

251

199

212

254

238

180

386

1,933

Clyde Valley

327

560

345

305

537

584

319

214

3,191

Ayrshire

253

449

245

256

435

530

371

207

2,746

Dumfries & Galloway

461

499

342

264

499

598

736

558

3,957

Scotland

8,507

10,577

5,946

4,961

6,258

5,553

4,753

4,581

51,136

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

North West:

5,872

16,699

21,141

33,472

66,151

70,249

98,789

1,759,353

2,071,728

Shetland

178

1,281

2,549

5,413

13,412

11,481

14,996

30,342

79,653

Orkney

331

1,063

1,657

3,875

12,353

16,744

17,744

38,619

92,386

Eileanan an Iar

2,640

6,389

7,133

9,060

6,390

3,428

3,544

53,510

92,095

Highland

2,723

7,965

9,801

15,123

33,997

38,596

62,506

1,636,883

1,807,594

North East:

NE Scotland

1,229

5,686

6,296

10,807

43,121

93,082

137,353

361,289

658,863

South East:

1,259

4,687

5,727

9,096

31,379

79,962

183,018

929,040

1,244,167

Tayside

496

1,777

2,072

3,375

14,657

38,070

79,647

493,031

633,125

Fife

290

735

767

1,325

4,218

14,000

32,906

44,989

99,229

Lothian

209

1,095

1,225

1,538

5,366

12,423

26,814

80,890

129,559

Scottish Borders

264

1,080

1,664

2,858

7,139

15,470

43,651

310,130

382,254

South West:

1,497

6,425

9,054

17,023

66,352

158,805

247,094

1,035,685

1,541,935

East Central

160

714

980

2,052

7,786

16,433

25,058

130,263

183,446

Argyll & Bute

231

821

1,439

3,060

8,147

17,315

24,789

402,597

458,399

Clyde Valley

354

1,818

2,441

4,421

18,389

42,198

43,022

107,618

220,259

Ayrshire

274

1,464

1,719

3,698

15,120

38,267

51,197

122,164

233,903

Dumfries & Galloway

478

1,610

2,475

3,792

16,910

44,592

103,027

273,044

445,928

Scotland

9,857

33,498

42,217

70,398

207,003

402,099

666,254

4,085,367

5,516,693

(1) This table includes the area of farm woodlands and other farm land but excludes the area of common grazings (cf. Table C1).

(2) Includes 42 holdings with zero area; these are sheep stock clubs.

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