High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: September 2012
Rural Access to Services
The figure shows that remote rural areas are the only areas in Scotland which are not within a 15 minute drive time to key services. For example 93% of people in remote rural areas live within a 15 minute drive time to a GP compared to 100% of the population of accessible rural areas and the rest of Scotland.
The greatest difference observed is drive time to the nearest shopping centre. Sixty-nine per cent of people in remote rural areas live within a 15 minute drive time to a shopping centre, compared to 100% of people in accessible rural areas and the rest of Scotland.
Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, 2009 and based on the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2009-2010