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Working age people in employment, education or training ( EET)
The number of working age people in employment, education or training in Scotland was estimated to be 2.490 million in 2005 (79.7% of all working age people).
Table 18 shows the estimated proportion of working age people EET in 2005. The three local authority areas with the lowest estimated proportions were: Glasgow City (72.2%), East Ayrshire (74.1%) and North Lanarkshire (75.3%).
In 2005, the proportion of working age people EET living in the 15% most deprived areas was estimated to be 61.6%, lower than that for the rest of Scotland at 82.7%.
Table 18: Proportion and level of working age people EET, 2004-2005
Geography (Residence Based) | 2004 | 2005 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level
EET |
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Scotland | 79.4% | 79.7% | 2,490,000 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 82.1% | 83.6% | 108,000 |
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Aberdeenshire | 83.7% | 84.4% | 120,000 |
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Angus | 80.5% | 80.4% | 51,000 |
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Argyll & Bute | 80.3% | 80.7% | 42,000 |
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Clackmannanshire | 77.1% | 75.7% | 22,000 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 81.6% | 80.8% | 68,000 |
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Dundee City | 75.7% | 78.7% | 66,000 |
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East Ayrshire | 76.5% | 74.1% | 53,000 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 86.3% | 86.1% | 57,000 |
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East Lothian | 80.6% | 82.0% | 46,000 |
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East Renfrewshire | 85.6% | 84.4% | 48,000 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 83.3% | 84.6% | 250,000 |
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Eilean Siar | 84.5% | 85.9% | 12,000 |
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Falkirk | 80.0% | 79.0% | 71,000 |
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Fife | 81.5% | 80.6% | 175,000 |
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Glasgow City | 71.4% | 72.2% | 269,000 |
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Highland | 85.3% | 83.8% | 103,000 |
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Inverclyde | 73.1% | 76.1% | 38,000 |
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Midlothian | 83.1% | 82.5% | 42,000 |
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Moray | 81.2% | 80.4% | 41,000 |
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North Ayrshire | 72.8% | 77.3% | 63,000 |
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North Lanarkshire | 74.5% | 75.3% | 150,000 |
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Orkney Islands | 88.7% | 86.4% | 10,000 |
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Perth & Kinross | 81.8% | 82.7% | 65,000 |
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Renfrewshire | 77.7% | 79.0% | 82,000 |
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Scottish Borders | 83.6% | 82.3% | 52,000 |
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Shetland Islands | 88.1% | 89.3% | 12,000 |
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South Ayrshire | 78.1% | 79.5% | 52,000 |
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South Lanarkshire | 78.6% | 78.8% | 149,000 |
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Stirling | 81.0% | 80.8% | 44,000 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 75.4% | 76.0% | 43,000 |
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West Lothian | 82.1% | 79.5% | 86,000 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 59.8% | 61.6% | 273,000 |
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Rest of Scotland | 82.7% | 82.7% | 2,217,000 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 77.3% | 78.3% | 957,000 |
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Other Urban Areas | 79.1% | 79.4% | 717,000 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 80.7% | 79.8% | 263,000 |
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Remote Small Towns | 82.2% | 81.4% | 69,000 |
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Accessible Rural | 82.5% | 83.0% | 351,000 |
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Remote Rural | 84.7% | 82.7% | 132,000 |
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