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By employment type
The number of people employed (16+) in Scotland was estimated to be just under 2.448 million in 2006, 88.8% were employees, 10.5% were self employed, 0.4% were on government training programmes and 0.3% were unpaid family workers. In 2006, the three local authority areas with the highest estimated proportion of self employed were: Orkney Islands (21.1%), Dumfries & Galloway (16.6%) and Argyll & Bute (16.2%).
The proportion of self employed was estimated to be lower for people living in the 15% most deprived areas than for those living in the rest of Scotland in 2006 (5.4% vs. 11.2%).
In terms of urban/rural areas, in 2006, self employment was most prevalent in remote rural areas (with 21.5% of those in employment estimated to be self-employed).
Table 8: Number of people in employment by employment type, 2005-2006
Geography (Residence Based) | 2005 | 2006 |
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% Self Employed | % Self Employed | Level
Employee | Level
Self Employed |
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Scotland | 9.9% | 10.5% | 2,172,300 | 258,200 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 8.2% | 8.1% | 99,800 | 8,800 |
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Aberdeenshire | 12.7% | 13.7% | 103,200 | 16,600 |
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Angus | 12.0% | 12.8% | 45,900 | 6,800 |
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Argyll & Bute | 16.7% | 16.2% | 36,100 | 7,100 |
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Clackmannanshire | 8.3% | 9.2% | 19,100 | 1,900 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 14.5% | 16.6% | 57,800 | 11,600 |
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Dundee City | 7.2% | 8.3% | 56,400 | 5,200 |
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East Ayrshire | 8.0% | 9.4% | 48,100 | 5,100 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 10.5% | 9.5% | 49,900 | 5,300 |
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East Lothian | 12.9% | 13.1% | 40,400 | 6,100 |
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East Renfrewshire | 12.5% | 10.9% | 40,800 | 5,000 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 10.6% | 11.2% | 204,800 | 26,000 |
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Eilean Siar | 12.0% | 11.9% | 10,600 | 1,400 |
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Falkirk | 7.5% | 7.7% | 66,400 | 5,600 |
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Fife | 8.4% | 10.1% | 154,800 | 17,400 |
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Glasgow City | 7.7% | 8.8% | 223,600 | 21,800 |
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Highland | 13.5% | 15.3% | 86,700 | 15,800 |
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Inverclyde | 7.2% | 9.7% | 33,100 | 3,600 |
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Midlothian | 10.9% | 9.3% | 38,100 | 3,900 |
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Moray | 14.2% | 12.5% | 36,400 | 5,300 |
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North Ayrshire | 9.3% | 9.3% | 53,500 | 5,500 |
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North Lanarkshire | 6.9% | 8.4% | 136,300 | 12,600 |
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Orkney Islands | 19.5% | 21.1% | 7,500 | 2,100 |
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Perth & Kinross | 12.3% | 13.8% | 56,000 | 9,000 |
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Renfrewshire | 6.8% | 6.4% | 76,600 | 5,300 |
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Scottish Borders | 15.4% | 14.0% | 45,000 | 7,400 |
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Shetland Islands | 14.0% | 13.3% | 9,500 | 1,500 |
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South Ayrshire | 10.9% | 11.7% | 43,800 | 5,900 |
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South Lanarkshire | 9.3% | 9.3% | 134,700 | 14,000 |
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Stirling | 13.8% | 12.2% | 36,900 | 5,100 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 5.8% | 7.2% | 39,400 | 3,100 |
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West Lothian | 6.7% | 7.2% | 81,300 | 6,300 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 5.0% | 5.4% | 240,700 | 14,000 |
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Rest of Scotland | 10.5% | 11.2% | 1,931,600 | 244,200 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 8.6% | 9.0% | 833,400 | 83,100 |
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Other Urban Areas | 7.2% | 7.9% | 675,300 | 58,300 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 9.0% | 10.5% | 204,700 | 24,200 |
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Remote Small Towns | 12.2% | 10.8% | 80,100 | 9,900 |
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Accessible Rural | 14.8% | 15.9% | 260,400 | 49,800 |
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Remote Rural | 21.4% | 21.5% | 118,400 | 33,000 |
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