Scottish Agricultural Census Summary Sheets by Geographic Area: June 2009

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Total area breakdown

June Census 2009
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Tillage (1)

Grass under
5 years old

Arable

Grass over
5 years old

Total crops
and grass

Sole right
rough grazing (2)

1

+ 2

= 3

+ 4

= 5

+ 6

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

North West:

3,402

47,557.51

6,778

63,482.31

8,099

111,039.82

13,932

200,238.21

15,328

311,278.04

10,058

1,638,132.41

Shetland

174

332.93

354

1,192.60

426

1,525.52

1,495

26,011.53

1,519

27,537.06

1,272

56,411.16

Orkney

687

5,720.96

1,104

18,527.58

1,268

24,248.54

1,477

31,586.39

1,641

55,834.93

922

27,238.83

Eileanan an Iar

745

1,659.73

1,868

2,208.52

2,244

3,868.25

4,344

25,562.05

4,708

29,430.31

2,417

56,087.12

Highland

1,796

39,843.89

3,452

41,553.61

4,161

81,397.50

6,616

117,078.24

7,460

198,475.74

5,447

1,498,395.30

North East:

3,836

180,299.57

5,707

125,115.17

6,590

305,414.75

6,019

83,799.74

7,807

389,214.49

3,406

231,123.46

South East:

3,879

297,461.10

4,935

105,727.72

6,183

403,188.82

6,503

206,866.33

7,843

610,055.15

3,190

550,964.52

Tayside

1,746

126,395.90

2,022

36,106.74

2,612

162,502.64

2,447

76,057.99

3,162

238,560.63

1,293

363,074.50

Fife

665

51,922.23

806

14,150.82

1,013

66,073.05

981

17,399.39

1,233

83,472.43

549

5,328.19

Lothian

605

47,895.60

770

13,995.71

1,000

61,891.30

1,074

25,431.87

1,291

87,323.17

405

30,832.07

Scottish Borders

863

71,247.38

1,337

41,474.46

1,558

112,721.83

2,001

87,977.09

2,157

200,698.92

943

151,729.75

South West:

2,794

61,291.29

5,569

121,205.50

6,370

182,496.79

10,631

454,393.36

11,289

636,890.14

5,563

797,735.06

East Central

376

12,813.63

685

12,671.87

787

25,485.49

1,131

36,858.77

1,247

62,344.26

520

110,534.13

Argyll & Bute

237

2,422.12

474

9,503.34

554

11,925.46

1,360

60,901.29

1,434

72,826.75

1,306

351,576.75

Clyde Valley

628

11,028.32

1,430

27,485.41

1,641

38,513.72

2,513

77,092.68

2,702

115,606.40

1,153

82,005.84

Ayrshire

539

10,649.60

1,138

19,767.04

1,302

30,416.64

2,276

103,354.13

2,392

133,770.77

985

86,846.49

Dumfries & Galloway

1,014

24,377.62

1,842

51,777.85

2,086

76,155.47

3,351

176,186.50

3,514

252,341.97

1,599

166,771.85

Scotland

13,911

586,609.48

22,989

415,530.70

27,242

1,002,140.18

37,085

945,297.64

42,267

1,947,437.82

22,217

3,217,955.44

(1) Includes total crops, bare fallow land and set-aside land.
(2) Includes deer forests.

Total area breakdown (continued)
June Census 2009
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Sole right
agricultural area (1)

Woodland (2)

Roads, yards
and buildings

Total area in
sole occupation (3)

Common grazings

Total area

= 7

+ 8

+ 9

= 10

+ 11

= 12

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Holdings

Hectares

Hectares

North West:

20,400

1,949,410.44

1,800

124,727.41

3,332

22,755.64

20,684

2,096,893.49

1,031

576,437.57

2,673,331.06

Shetland

1,900

83,948.21

41

27.45

342

363.80

1,903

84,339.46

160

66,697.04

151,036.50

Orkney

1,976

83,073.76

43

59.80

398

399.14

1,998

83,532.70

18

2,176.31

85,709.01

Eileanan an Iar

6,408

85,517.43

115

680.67

638

330.28

6,449

86,528.38

305

214,215.33

300,743.71

Highland

10,116

1,696,871.05

1,601

123,959.48

1,954

21,662.43

10,334

1,842,492.96

548

293,348.89

2,135,841.85

North East:

8,592

620,337.95

2,082

59,597.98

3,197

12,253.53

8,794

692,189.46

*

*

*

South East:

8,717

1,161,019.67

2,410

59,708.70

3,099

10,464.91

9,019

1,231,193.28

*

*

*

Tayside

3,512

601,635.13

799

27,325.89

1,193

5,650.09

3,624

634,611.11

*

*

*

Fife

1,430

88,800.63

342

3,741.72

511

1,198.46

1,485

93,740.80

0

0.00

93,740.80

Lothian

1,436

118,155.24

416

8,198.23

564

1,750.72

1,501

128,104.19

0

0.00

128,104.19

Scottish Borders

2,339

352,428.67

853

20,442.86

831

1,865.65

2,409

374,737.18

0

0.00

374,737.18

South West:

13,194

1,434,625.20

3,287

106,801.82

4,746

23,215.01

13,537

1,564,642.03

69

10,372.72

1,575,014.75

East Central

1,445

172,878.39

412

10,653.83

530

2,025.85

1,496

185,558.08

0

0.00

185,558.08

Argyll & Bute

1,917

424,403.50

435

36,875.29

870

10,544.77

1,943

471,823.55

60

9,034.62

480,858.17

Clyde Valley

3,116

197,612.24

783

14,548.79

1,151

3,040.01

3,243

215,201.04

*

*

*

Ayrshire

2,735

220,617.25

612

17,431.77

826

3,274.76

2,803

241,323.78

*

*

*

Dumfries & Galloway

3,981

419,113.81

1,045

27,292.14

1,369

4,329.63

4,052

450,735.58

0

0.00

450,735.58

Scotland

50,903

5,165,393.26

9,579

350,835.90

14,374

68,689.10

52,034

5,584,918.26

1,108

591,900.53

6,176,818.79

(1) Equates with the EU measure of Utilised Agricultural Area ( UAA) for holdings. For Scotland in total, the measure is column 7 plus column 11.
(2) Woodland contained within the agricultural holding.
(3) Includes 41 holdings with no area in sole occupation; these are Sheep Stock Clubs.

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