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Table 4.13: Claimant count unemployment by gender, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas, 2005

Unemployment: numbers
(thousands)

Unemployment rates
(%)

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Scotland

66.7

21.7

88.5

4.7

1.6

3.2

Aberdeen City

1.8

0.5

2.3

2.5

0.8

1.7

Aberdeenshire

1.2

0.5

1.7

1.6

0.8

1.3

Angus

1.3

0.5

1.8

3.9

1.6

2.8

Argyll & Bute

1.0

0.3

1.3

3.7

1.4

2.6

Clackmannanshire

0.7

0.3

1.0

5.7

2.3

4.0

Dumfries & Galloway

1.6

0.6

2.2

3.8

1.6

2.8

Dundee City

2.9

0.8

3.7

7.7

2.2

5.0

East Ayrshire

2.3

0.8

3.1

6.9

2.7

4.9

East Dunbartonshire

0.8

0.3

1.1

2.4

0.8

1.6

East Lothian

0.6

0.2

0.8

2.6

0.9

1.7

East Renfrewshire

0.6

0.2

0.8

2.3

0.8

1.6

Edinburgh, City of

5.2

1.7

6.9

4.0

1.3

2.7

Eilean Siar

0.4

0.1

0.5

5.1

1.5

3.5

Falkirk

2.0

0.6

2.6

4.9

1.6

3.3

Fife

5.8

2.0

7.8

6.0

2.1

4.1

Glasgow City

12.0

3.3

15.3

8.8

2.4

5.7

Highland

2.2

0.8

3.0

3.6

1.4

2.5

Inverclyde

1.9

0.5

2.3

8.3

2.1

5.2

Midlothian

0.7

0.2

1.0

3.0

1.0

2.0

Moray

0.8

0.3

1.1

2.9

1.5

2.2

North Ayrshire

2.7

1.0

3.7

7.4

2.8

5.2

North Lanarkshire

4.5

1.6

6.1

5.2

1.9

3.6

Orkney

0.1

0.1

0.2

2.0

1.0

1.5

Perth & Kinross

1.1

0.4

1.5

2.7

1.1

1.9

Renfrewshire

2.3

0.7

3.0

4.7

1.4

3.0

Scottish Borders

0.8

0.3

1.0

2.5

0.9

1.7

Shetland

0.2

0.1

0.2

2.4

1.0

1.7

South Ayrshire

1.6

0.5

2.1

5.1

1.8

3.5

South Lanarkshire

3.4

1.1

4.6

4.2

1.4

2.8

Stirling

0.8

0.3

1.1

3.3

1.1

2.2

West Dunbartonshire

1.8

0.5

2.4

7.2

2.2

4.7

West Lothian

1.7

0.6

2.3

3.7

1.4

2.6

Source: Claimant count, Office for National Statistics
Annual Average
Notes:
1 The claimant count consists of the people who are claiming unemployment-related benefits.
2 Rate is number of claimants as a percentage of economically active working age residents.

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