Rural Areas - Rural Access to Services

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.

 

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Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, 2009 and based on the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2009-2010

 

Publication

Rural Scotland Key Facts 2012

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/09/7993

 

Page updated: Tuesday, October 02, 2012