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Table 13 shows the number, and proportion, of those who are inactive but want to work. People who are inactive may have a willingness to work but are not available or able to do so.
In 2006, the proportion of inactive people who wanted to work was highest in Inverclyde with 38.1% of those inactive stating that they would like to work. Inverclyde also had a relatively high inactivity rate estimate (22.4%).
This pattern of high inactivity and high willingness to work is also apparent when considering the deprivation of areas. In 2006, the proportion of inactive people living in the 15% most deprived areas who wanted to work was estimated to be 33.5%, higher than the estimated rate for the rest of Scotland at 26.9%.
Table 13: Working age economically inactive people by willingness to work, 2005-2006
Geography (Residence Based) | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|
% Who
want to
work | % Who
want to
work | Level
Want to
Work | Level
Do not Want
to Work | All Inactive |
|---|
Scotland | 29.8% | 28.6% | 178,500 | 446,300 | 624,900 |
|---|
Local Authority Area |
|---|
Aberdeen City | 30.6% | 31.0% | 6,300 | 14,100 | 20,500 |
|---|
Aberdeenshire | 28.9% | 26.1% | 5,800 | 16,400 | 22,200 |
|---|
Angus | 33.7% | 34.0% | 3,300 | 6,300 | 9,600 |
|---|
Argyll & Bute | 30.3% | 31.2% | 2,700 | 6,000 | 8,800 |
|---|
Clackmannanshire | 35.6% | 33.4% | 2,200 | 4,400 | 6,600 |
|---|
Dumfries & Galloway | 29.5% | 22.9% | 3,300 | 11,000 | 14,200 |
|---|
Dundee City | 29.2% | 35.7% | 6,900 | 12,400 | 19,300 |
|---|
East Ayrshire | 37.5% | 29.5% | 4,800 | 11,500 | 16,400 |
|---|
East Dunbartonshire | 25.7% | 31.4% | 3,200 | 7,000 | 10,200 |
|---|
East Lothian | 27.7% | 22.3% | 2,400 | 8,200 | 10,600 |
|---|
East Renfrewshire | 22.2% | 23.5% | 2,400 | 7,900 | 10,300 |
|---|
Edinburgh, City of | 23.7% | 17.1% | 9,500 | 46,200 | 55,600 |
|---|
Eilean Siar | 38.0% | * | * | * | 2,200 |
|---|
Falkirk | 35.6% | 31.6% | 4,900 | 10,700 | 15,600 |
|---|
Fife | 31.2% | 28.6% | 11,600 | 29,000 | 40,600 |
|---|
Glasgow City | 37.3% | 32.0% | 35,600 | 75,800 | 111,400 |
|---|
Highland | 30.3% | 32.2% | 7,000 | 14,800 | 21,800 |
|---|
Inverclyde | 26.5% | 38.1% | 4,200 | 6,900 | 11,100 |
|---|
Midlothian | 29.2% | 26.0% | 1,800 | 5,200 | 7,000 |
|---|
Moray | 32.3% | 29.5% | 2,700 | 6,500 | 9,200 |
|---|
North Ayrshire | 30.7% | 34.0% | 6,200 | 12,000 | 18,200 |
|---|
North Lanarkshire | 17.4% | 32.3% | 14,200 | 29,800 | 44,000 |
|---|
Orkney Islands | 33.4% | * | * | * | 1,800 |
|---|
Perth & Kinross | 26.9% | 25.4% | 3,400 | 10,100 | 13,500 |
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Renfrewshire | 26.7% | 24.3% | 5,000 | 15,500 | 20,500 |
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Scottish Borders | 24.1% | 24.6% | 2,800 | 8,500 | 11,200 |
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Shetland Islands | 32.9% | * | * | * | 1,400 |
|---|
South Ayrshire | 28.4% | 23.6% | 3,200 | 10,300 | 13,500 |
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South Lanarkshire | 31.5% | 26.2% | 9,400 | 26,400 | 35,800 |
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Stirling | 21.5% | 25.4% | 2,900 | 8,600 | 11,600 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 39.5% | 28.3% | 3,400 | 8,700 | 12,100 |
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West Lothian | 29.2% | 28.9% | 5,200 | 12,800 | 18,000 |
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Deprivation |
|---|
15% Most Deprived Areas | 38.5% | 33.5% | 52,500 | 104,100 | 156,700 |
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Rest of Scotland | 27.1% | 26.9% | 126,000 | 342,200 | 468,200 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 30.0% | 28.1% | 79,000 | 202,100 | 281,100 |
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Other Urban Areas | 31.4% | 30.4% | 52,800 | 120,600 | 173,400 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 26.5% | 27.0% | 15,200 | 40,900 | 56,100 |
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Remote Small Towns | 30.3% | 31.4% | 6,600 | 14,400 | 21,000 |
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Accessible Rural | 26.8% | 26.0% | 15,700 | 44,800 | 60,500 |
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Remote Rural | 30.6% | 28.0% | 9,200 | 23,600 | 32,800 |
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