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The number of people employed (16+) in Scotland was estimated to be just over 2.521 million in 2007, 88.9% were employees, 10.4% were self employed, 0.4% were on government training programmes and 0.3% were unpaid family workers. In 2007, the three local authority areas with the highest estimated proportion of self employed were: Orkney Islands (22.9%), Argyll & Bute (16.3%) and Dumfries & Galloway (16.0%).
Table 9: Number of people in employment by employment type, 2006-2007
Geography
(Residence Based) | 2006 | 2007 |
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% Self Employed | % Self Employed | Level
Employee | Level
Self Employed |
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Scotland | 10.6% | 10.4% | 2,241,000 | 263,100 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 7.7% | 6.4% | 104,600 | 7,200 |
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Aberdeenshire | 14.0% | 13.5% | 109,400 | 17,300 |
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Angus | 13.0% | 13.9% | 45,600 | 7,400 |
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Argyll & Bute | 16.2% | 16.3% | 36,000 | 7,100 |
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Clackmannanshire | 9.3% | 9.1% | 19,800 | 2,000 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 16.6% | 16.0% | 58,000 | 11,200 |
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Dundee City | 8.0% | 7.3% | 60,900 | 4,800 |
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East Ayrshire | 9.4% | 10.9% | 48,600 | 6,000 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 9.9% | 9.8% | 46,700 | 5,100 |
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East Lothian | 13.4% | 13.3% | 39,500 | 6,100 |
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East Renfrewshire | 11.1% | 13.2% | 37,200 | 5,700 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 10.8% | 10.9% | 220,700 | 27,000 |
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Eilean Siar | 11.7% | 14.4% | 10,900 | 1,900 |
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Falkirk | 7.6% | 8.2% | 68,700 | 6,100 |
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Fife | 10.0% | 8.4% | 160,500 | 14,700 |
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Glasgow City | 8.7% | 8.7% | 236,900 | 22,700 |
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Highland | 15.2% | 12.9% | 96,700 | 14,500 |
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Inverclyde | 9.6% | 7.8% | 32,500 | 2,800 |
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Midlothian | 9.6% | 10.2% | 36,300 | 4,100 |
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Moray | 13.0% | 12.4% | 37,800 | 5,400 |
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North Ayrshire | 9.3% | 8.7% | 54,900 | 5,300 |
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North Lanarkshire | 8.3% | 10.2% | 137,000 | 15,600 |
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Orkney Islands | 21.1% | 22.9% | 8,200 | 2,500 |
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Perth & Kinross | 13.7% | 15.1% | 57,700 | 10,300 |
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Renfrewshire | 6.4% | 7.4% | 75,100 | 6,000 |
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Scottish Borders | 14.0% | 15.6% | 46,700 | 8,600 |
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Shetland Islands | 13.4% | 12.4% | 10,400 | 1,500 |
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South Ayrshire | 12.0% | 11.5% | 46,300 | 6,100 |
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South Lanarkshire | 9.4% | 7.8% | 142,200 | 12,200 |
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Stirling | 12.4% | 13.2% | 37,300 | 5,800 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 7.5% | 7.2% | 40,200 | 3,100 |
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West Lothian | 7.4% | 8.1% | 77,900 | 6,900 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 5.4% | 3.8% | 256,900 | 10,200 |
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Rest of Scotland | 11.2% | 11.2% | 1,984,100 | 252,900 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 8.8% | 8.7% | 870,100 | 83,300 |
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Other Urban Areas | 8.0% | 8.1% | 668,500 | 59,500 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 10.7% | 9.8% | 202,600 | 22,100 |
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Remote Small Towns | 11.0% | 9.7% | 81,800 | 8,800 |
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Accessible Rural | 15.8% | 16.0% | 292,800 | 56,100 |
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Remote Rural | 21.4% | 20.7% | 125,200 | 33,400 |
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Enterprise Region |
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Highlands & Islands | 15.5% | 14.2% | 189,100 | 31,700 |
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Rest of Scotland | 10.1% | 10.1% | 2,051,900 | 231,400 |
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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 2007 (3.8% vs. 11.2%).
In terms of urban/rural areas, in 2007, self employment was most prevalent in remote rural areas (with 20.7% of those in employment estimated to be self-employed).
A higher proportion of those working in the Highlands & Islands Enterprise area were self-employed (14.2%), compared to 10.1% in the rest of Scotland.
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