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Table C4 Number of main and minor holdings and area on main and minor holdings by region and size of holding, June 2007 (1)

0-<2(2)
hectares

2-<5
hectares

5-<10
hectares

10-<20
hectares

20-<50
hectares

50-<100
hectares

100-<200
hectares

200 +
hectares

Total

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

North West:

5,001

5,377

3,004

2,366

2,030

974

711

992

20,455

Shetland

145

346

329

349

385

147

113

69

1,883

Orkney

334

338

235

266

362

233

124

77

1,969

Eileanan an Iar

2,215

2,140

1,020

677

221

53

24

43

6,393

Highland

2,307

2,553

1,420

1,074

1,062

541

450

803

10,210

North East:

NE Scotland

1,112

1,858

898

779

1,264

1,254

968

567

8,700

South East:

1,241

1,491

851

643

934

1,051

1,217

1,468

8,896

Tayside

486

562

319

226

418

490

541

538

3,580

Fife

290

251

119

99

134

192

223

137

1,445

Lothian

190

340

171

111

164

162

176

191

1,505

Scottish Borders

275

338

242

207

218

207

277

602

2,366

South West:

1,472

2,033

1,311

1,198

1,956

2,113

1,715

1,516

13,314

East Central

149

232

152

149

231

221

185

145

1,464

Argyll & Bute

207

250

189

208

247

237

175

391

1,904

Clyde Valley

338

575

356

309

538

575

315

204

3,210

Ayrshire

257

452

264

258

439

510

359

215

2,754

Dumfries & Galloway

521

524

350

274

501

570

681

561

3,982

Scotland

8,826

10,759

6,064

4,986

6,184

5,392

4,611

4,543

51,365

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

North West:

5,938

16,859

21,302

33,243

64,768

68,956

99,299

1,807,640

2,118,005

Shetland

167

1,215

2,449

4,906

12,634

10,178

15,282

32,793

79,623

Orkney

356

1,097

1,646

3,852

11,852

16,570

17,137

39,557

92,068

Eileanan an Iar

2,644

6,416

7,266

9,177

6,365

3,764

3,624

54,963

94,218

Highland

2,771

8,131

9,941

15,308

33,917

38,445

63,257

1,680,327

1,852,096

North East:

NE Scotland

1,292

5,896

6,382

11,238

42,336

90,787

134,983

376,866

669,778

South East:

1,343

4,753

6,014

9,058

30,982

77,121

175,193

941,014

1,245,479

Tayside

528

1,761

2,244

3,241

14,001

35,913

76,250

502,633

636,572

Fife

302

765

825

1,371

4,385

14,021

31,364

45,391

98,426

Lothian

224

1,111

1,231

1,526

5,449

12,006

25,829

83,553

130,930

Scottish Borders

288

1,116

1,713

2,920

7,146

15,181

41,750

309,437

379,552

South West:

1,562

6,579

9,377

17,229

65,508

153,698

237,208

1,072,964

1,564,124

East Central

163

735

1,069

2,096

7,643

15,653

25,250

129,723

182,333

Argyll & Bute

222

801

1,363

2,983

7,861

17,307

24,338

425,825

480,700

Clyde Valley

375

1,872

2,527

4,485

18,129

41,567

42,590

103,706

215,251

Ayrshire

274

1,470

1,866

3,732

15,106

36,783

49,585

127,710

236,525

Dumfries & Galloway

528

1,700

2,552

3,932

16,770

42,387

95,445

286,000

449,315

Scotland

10,135

34,087

43,074

70,767

203,594

390,562

646,682

4,198,483

5,597,386

(1) This table includes the area of farm woodlands and other farm land but excludes the area of common grazings (cf. table C1).
(2) Includes 46 holdings with zero area; these are sheep stock clubs.

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