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Table 4.12: Claimant count unemployment by gender, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas, 2006
| Unemployment: numbers
(thousands) | Unemployment rates
(%) |
|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
|---|
Scotland | 67.4 | 22.5 | 89.8 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
|---|
Aberdeen City | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
|---|
Aberdeenshire | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
|---|
Angus | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
|---|
Argyll & Bute | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
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Clackmannanshire | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 3.9 |
|---|
Dumfries & Galloway | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
|---|
Dundee City | 2.9 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 7.7 | 2.4 | 5.1 |
|---|
East Ayrshire | 2.2 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
|---|
East Dunbartonshire | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
|---|
East Lothian | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
|---|
East Renfrewshire | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 5.3 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
|---|
Eilean Siar | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 3.5 |
|---|
Falkirk | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
|---|
Fife | 5.8 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
|---|
Glasgow City | 12.4 | 3.6 | 16.0 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 6.0 |
|---|
Highland | 2.1 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
|---|
Inverclyde | 1.9 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 5.3 |
|---|
Midlothian | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
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Moray | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
|---|
North Ayrshire | 2.8 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 5.5 |
|---|
North Lanarkshire | 4.7 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 3.7 |
|---|
Orkney Islands | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
|---|
Perth & Kinross | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
|---|
Renfrewshire | 2.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
|---|
Scottish Borders | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
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Shetland Islands | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
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South Ayrshire | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
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South Lanarkshire | 3.5 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
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Stirling | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 5.1 |
|---|
West Lothian | 1.9 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
|---|
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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