By gender
There were differences in the employment rate estimates for working aged men and women in 2007. The rate for males was higher at 79.1%, compared to an estimate of 72.7% for females. The total number of working age males in employment, in 2007, was estimated at just over 1.299 million with a further 28,300 over working age in employment. The total number of working age females in employment was estimated at nearly 1.133 million with a further 60,600 over working age in employment.
Table 3 shows that the three local authority areas which had the highest male employment rate estimates in 2007 were: Shetland Islands (91.5%), Orkney Islands (87.7%) and Aberdeenshire (87.2%).
Table 3: Male working age employment rates and levels, 2006-2007
Geography
(Residence Based) | 2006 | 2007 |
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Proportion | Proportion | Level |
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Scotland | 78.3% | 79.1% | 1,299,100 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 83.6% | 81.2% | 58,000 |
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Aberdeenshire | 85.7% | 87.2% | 67,400 |
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Angus | 83.7% | 82.5% | 27,400 |
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Argyll & Bute | 84.0% | 80.6% | 22,400 |
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Clackmannanshire | 76.2% | 70.6% | 10,800 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 82.2% | 78.0% | 34,900 |
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Dundee City | 74.2% | 72.5% | 32,300 |
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East Ayrshire | 74.2% | 74.2% | 27,700 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 81.8% | 79.8% | 25,800 |
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East Lothian | 82.9% | 81.7% | 23,200 |
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East Renfrewshire | 83.3% | 80.5% | 21,700 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 79.3% | 80.7% | 128,400 |
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Eilean Siar | 79.5% | 80.4% | 6,700 |
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Falkirk | 80.8% | 80.8% | 38,500 |
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Fife | 79.0% | 79.1% | 90,700 |
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Glasgow City | 66.2% | 70.9% | 138,500 |
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Highland | 81.8% | 85.4% | 58,600 |
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Inverclyde | 71.5% | 68.4% | 17,400 |
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Midlothian | 83.7% | 82.5% | 19,900 |
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Moray | 82.2% | 84.0% | 23,600 |
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North Ayrshire | 74.2% | 76.8% | 31,600 |
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North Lanarkshire | 76.7% | 78.4% | 80,700 |
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Orkney Islands | 85.4% | 87.7% | 5,600 |
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Perth & Kinross | 83.4% | 80.6% | 34,700 |
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Renfrewshire | 77.4% | 76.4% | 41,000 |
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Scottish Borders | 84.6% | 85.4% | 29,100 |
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Shetland Islands | 85.6% | 91.5% | 6,600 |
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South Ayrshire | 77.2% | 79.3% | 26,900 |
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South Lanarkshire | 78.4% | 81.4% | 79,500 |
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Stirling | 77.8% | 80.9% | 22,200 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 75.5% | 78.8% | 22,800 |
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West Lothian | 81.0% | 82.0% | 44,500 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 58.5% | 62.6% | 138,900 |
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Rest of Scotland | 81.5% | 81.7% | 1,160,200 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 74.8% | 76.1% | 491,800 |
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Other Urban Areas | 78.8% | 79.6% | 376,000 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 78.5% | 79.2% | 118,500 |
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Remote Small Towns | 80.4% | 80.5% | 45,900 |
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Accessible Rural | 85.3% | 84.9% | 181,200 |
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Remote Rural | 82.0% | 83.1% | 85,800 |
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Enterprise Region |
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Highlands & Islands | 82.4% | 84.7% | 116,800 |
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Rest of Scotland | 77.9% | 78.6% | 1,182,300 |
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A much lower proportion of males living in the 15% most deprived areas in Scotland were employed (62.6%) compared to 81.7% for the rest of Scotland.
In terms of urban/rural areas, the 2007 male employment rate estimate was lowest in large urban areas (76.1%) and highest in accessible rural areas (84.9%).
The employment rate for males living in the Highlands & Islands Enterprise area was 84.7%. This compares with 78.6% for males living in the rest of Scotland.
Table 4 shows that the three local authority areas which had the highest female employment rate estimates in 2007 were: Orkney Islands (84.9%), Shetland Islands (84.0%) and Argyll & Bute (79.2%).
Six local authority areas had female employment rate estimates below 70.0% in 2007: Glasgow City (62.4%), North Ayrshire (66.3%), North Lanarkshire (67.9%), Clackmannanshire (68.2%), Inverclyde (68.7%) and West Dunbartonshire (68.8%).
In 2007, the female employment rate estimate for the 15% most deprived areas was 54.7%; much lower than that for the rest of Scotland (75.8%).
In terms of urban/rural areas, the 2007 female employment rate estimate was lowest in large urban areas (70.0%) and highest in accessible rural areas (77.5%).
Female employment rates for the Highlands & Islands Enterprise area was 78.8%, higher than the employment rates for females in the rest of Scotland (72.2%).