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Unemployment (International Labour Organisation ( ILO) definition)
A total of 136,000 people aged 16 or over were estimated to be unemployed in Scotland in 2005. This was 5.3% of the economically active population.
The unemployment rate estimate in the 15% most deprived areas at 13.3%, was about three times that for the rest of Scotland at 4.3%.
In terms of urban/rural areas, unemployment was most evident in large urban areas (with an estimated rate of 6.2%).
Table 11: ILO unemployment rates and levels (aged 16 or over), 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) | 2004 | 2005 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level |
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Scotland | 5.4% | 5.3% | 136,000 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 5.9% | 5.5% | 6,000 |
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Aberdeenshire | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5,000 |
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Angus | 4.6% | 4.9% | 3,000 |
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Argyll & Bute | 4.2% | 4.6% | 2,000 |
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Clackmannanshire | 6.6% | 5.4% | 1,000 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3,000 |
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Dundee City | 9.0% | 6.1% | 4,000 |
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East Ayrshire | 6.4% | 7.3% | 4,000 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 2.4% | 3.5% | 2,000 |
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East Lothian | 5.1% | 3.9% | 2,000 |
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East Renfrewshire | 4.0% | 4.0% | 2,000 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 5.1% | 4.8% | 12,000 |
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Eilean Siar | 5.1% | 4.3% | 1,000 |
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Falkirk | 4.5% | 5.0% | 4,000 |
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Fife | 4.9% | 5.0% | 9,000 |
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Glasgow City | 7.8% | 8.4% | 23,000 |
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Highland | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4,000 |
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Inverclyde | 7.6% | 6.4% | 2,000 |
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Midlothian | 3.5% | 4.9% | 2,000 |
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Moray | 3.5% | 3.9% | 2,000 |
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North Ayrshire | 9.7% | 6.7% | 4,000 |
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North Lanarkshire | 6.3% | 6.9% | 11,000 |
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Orkney Islands | * | * | * |
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Perth & Kinross | 3.4% | 3.0% | 2,000 |
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Renfrewshire | 4.4% | 5.3% | 4,000 |
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Scottish Borders | 2.7% | 4.5% | 2,000 |
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Shetland Islands | * | * | * |
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South Ayrshire | 6.8% | 5.7% | 3,000 |
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South Lanarkshire | 4.6% | 5.0% | 8,000 |
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Stirling | 5.3% | 4.1% | 2,000 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 7.3% | 7.1% | 3,000 |
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West Lothian | 4.0% | 4.5% | 4,000 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 12.9% | 13.3% | 39,000 |
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Rest of Scotland | 4.4% | 4.3% | 96,000 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 6.3% | 6.2% | 60,000 |
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Other Urban Areas | 5.3% | 5.7% | 42,000 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 5.4% | 5.7% | 15,000 |
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Remote Small Towns | 3.9% | 3.7% | 3,000 |
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Accessible Rural | 3.9% | 3.2% | 11,000 |
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Remote Rural | 2.8% | 3.1% | 4,000 |
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* - Estimate is below reliability threshold ( See Annex A for more details).
Notes:
1. The denominator for the unemployment rate is economic activity (employed plus unemployed).
2. ONS have produced a new modelling methodology to produce estimates of unemployment level and rate on the International Labour Organisation ( ILO) definition for local authority areas. These modelled estimates are the preferred source of unemployment for local authority areas, more details of this can be found in Annex B.
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