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Annex 1 Analysis of major employment centres
1. This Appendix provides an analysis of major employment centres in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness separately. The basis for the numbers is the 2001 Census "Travel to Work" data. Long distance commuters were defined as those for whom the estimated road distance between the data zones of home and place of work was at least 15 km. The numbers do not include those travelling to an educational establishment.
2. Analysis is based primarily on postcode areas and districts. For Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee, the following is provided:
- maps indicate which postcode districts form each of the major employment centres
- the first Table indicates the absolute numbers of long distance commuters for postcode areas of residence by postcode area of place of work
- where the number of long distance commuters travelling from a postcode area is greater than 5% of the total travelling to an employment centre, the postcode area is split into its postcode districts
3. Inverness postcode districts did not provide a realistic coverage of the Inverness work area. As a consequence, the area is defined by grouping data zones to form the Inverness workplace locations.
4. Because of the '15 km cut-off', the figures do not show the full numbers travelling between some of the specified postcode areas/districts. e.g.
- Obviously "AB10 to AB10" shows no long distance commuters; and
- "AB10 to AB21" may show only a proportion of those who commute between these two postal districts, because others may travel less than 15 km
5. All the small numbers shown are multiples of three ( e.g. 3, 6, 9) because this is the way in which the Census results are presented, in order to reduce the likelihood of any individuals being identified.
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