Ethnicity
In 2007, the working age employment rate estimate for minority ethnic residents of Scotland was 66.3%, compared to 76.4% for white residents.
Employment rates by ethnicity for areas below Scotland level are unreliable.
Table 4: Female 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 | 73.1% | 72.7% | 1,133,300 |
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Local Authority Area |
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Aberdeen City | 77.8% | 76.6% | 49,600 |
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Aberdeenshire | 77.2% | 77.7% | 54,300 |
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Angus | 77.5% | 75.6% | 23,500 |
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Argyll & Bute | 77.7% | 79.2% | 19,100 |
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Clackmannanshire | 67.7% | 68.2% | 10,100 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 77.3% | 77.0% | 31,600 |
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Dundee City | 69.0% | 71.7% | 31,400 |
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East Ayrshire | 70.2% | 71.9% | 25,600 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 80.6% | 78.1% | 24,000 |
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East Lothian | 75.0% | 76.9% | 20,700 |
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East Renfrewshire | 74.4% | 74.0% | 19,400 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 73.7% | 73.7% | 115,100 |
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Eilean Siar | 80.2% | 78.2% | 5,500 |
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Falkirk | 75.1% | 75.2% | 34,300 |
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Fife | 73.4% | 72.5% | 78,200 |
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Glasgow City | 62.6% | 62.4% | 118,000 |
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Highland | 77.9% | 78.2% | 48,400 |
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Inverclyde | 73.1% | 68.7% | 16,600 |
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Midlothian | 78.6% | 78.9% | 19,100 |
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Moray | 75.6% | 76.4% | 18,200 |
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North Ayrshire | 67.6% | 66.3% | 26,900 |
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North Lanarkshire | 69.5% | 67.9% | 68,200 |
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Orkney Islands | 80.6% | 84.9% | 4,700 |
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Perth & Kinross | 75.6% | 75.6% | 30,100 |
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Renfrewshire | 76.5% | 73.5% | 38,200 |
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Scottish Borders | 73.8% | 77.3% | 24,100 |
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Shetland Islands | 84.5% | 84.0% | 5,100 |
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South Ayrshire | 72.1% | 75.0% | 23,900 |
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South Lanarkshire | 76.4% | 76.3% | 71,900 |
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Stirling | 71.8% | 72.6% | 19,500 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 71.7% | 68.8% | 19,400 |
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West Lothian | 77.2% | 73.6% | 38,500 |
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Deprivation |
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15% Most Deprived Areas | 53.7% | 54.7% | 124,000 |
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Rest of Scotland | 76.4% | 75.8% | 1,009,200 |
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Urban/Rural Classification (6 fold) |
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Large Urban Areas | 70.1% | 70.0% | 441,400 |
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Other Urban Areas | 74.2% | 73.4% | 332,600 |
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Accessible Small Towns | 75.1% | 73.3% | 99,700 |
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Remote Small Towns | 76.3% | 76.1% | 40,500 |
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Accessible Rural | 76.5% | 77.5% | 153,300 |
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Remote Rural | 76.1% | 75.1% | 65,600 |
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Enterprise Region |
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Highlands & Islands | 78.2% | 78.8% | 95,500 |
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Rest of Scotland | 72.6% | 72.2% | 1,037,700 |
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