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Table 4.3: Economic activity, economic inactivity and employment, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas, 2005

Total aged16+
(000s)

Total economically active
16+
(000s)

Total in employment
16+
(000s)

Economically Inactive
16-59/64
(000s)

Economic activity
16-59/64 1
Rate (%)

Employment
16-59/64 2
Rate (%)

Scotland

4,053

2,551

2,415

649

79.2

74.9

Aberdeen City

166

111

105

22

83.1

78.5

Aberdeenshire

181

123

118

23

84.0

80.2

Angus

85

54

51

12

81.2

77.1

Argyll & Bute

72

44

42

10

80.9

77.2

Clackmannanshire

38

22

21

6

77.2

73.0

Dumfries & Galloway

119

71

69

15

81.5

78.5

Dundee City

114

67

63

20

76.7

71.8

East Ayrshire

95

56

52

18

75.4

69.8

East Dunbartonshire

87

58

56

11

83.4

80.5

East Lothian

74

48

46

11

81.1

77.9

]East Renfrewshire

73

48

46

10

82.8

79.4

Edinburgh, City of

370

246

234

56

81.0

77.1

Eilean Siar

20

13

12

2

83.9

80.4

Falkirk

117

74

70

18

79.9

76.0

Fife

286

183

174

42

80.9

76.7

Glasgow City

462

273

250

104

72.1

65.9

Highland

165

108

104

20

83.7

80.8

Inverclyde

65

39

36

12

75.5

70.6

Midlothian

65

44

42

8

83.7

79.5

Moray

68

42

40

10

79.5

76.3

North Ayrshire

108

65

61

19

77.2

72.0

North Lanarkshire

255

156

145

47

76.6

71.3

Orkney

15

10

10

2

86.5

84.7

Perth & Kinross

108

66

64

16

80.0

77.5

Renfrewshire

135

84

80

22

78.7

74.4

Scottish Borders

88

54

51

12

81.7

78.0

Shetland

17

12

12

2

88.2

85.3

South Ayrshire

90

53

50

14

78.7

74.1

South Lanarkshire

242

152

144

41

78.1

74.2

Stirling

70

44

42

11

79.3

76.0

West Dunbartonshire

73

44

41

13

76.5

71.0

West Lothian

131

88

84

22

79.9

76.2

Source: Annual Population Survey (January 2005 to December 2005), Office for National Statistics
Figures may not sum due to rounding.
1 Total working age economically active as a percentage of all persons of working age.
2 Total working age in employment as a percentage of all persons of working age.

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