Scottish Government

LABOUR

At June 2011 a total workforce of 67,800 was employed on the 52,500 agricultural holdings in Scotland. The workforce consisted of 40,560 occupiers and their spouses and 27,250 employees.

The number of working occupiers on farms decreased by 1.2 cent to 27,500 in 2011. The number of spouses working on the farm fell by 0.5 per cent to 13,050.

The number of employees working regularly on farms decreased by 2.5 per cent to 20,300 with the number of full-time employees decreasing to 13,450 but, part-time employee numbers rose to 6,800. The number of casual and seasonal staff rose by 18 per cent to 6,950.

Hired labour costs increased by 3 per cent to £346 million in 2011.

TOTAL WORKFORCE

CHART : Total Workforce ¹ on Agricultural Holdings in Scotland 1982 to 2011

¹includes occupiers, spouses, regular and casual and seasonal staff.

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• Tables : Agricultural labour statistics 1982 to 2011 (tables 23 to 26)
• Commentary and chart on the regional distribution of the agricultural workforce in Scotland , 2011
• Table : Number of holdings with agricultural workers by region , 2011
• Table : Agricultural workforce by agricultural region , 2011
• Table : Agricultural workforce by Less Favoured Area category , 2011
• Table : Number of full-time employees by size group and region , 2011

OCCUPIERS AND SPOUSES AGES

• Commentary on occupiers and spouses working on farms
• Chart : Age and working pattern of occupiers and spouses , 2011
• Table : Number of occupiers and spouses by age group , 2011

OTHER AGRICULTURAL LABOUR STATISTICS

• Commentary on hired labour costs
• Average weekly earnings of regular full-time hired workers , 2007 to 2011
• Number of agricultural holdings by Standard Labour Requirements and farm type , 2011

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture (including geographic and time series summaries)
• Agricultural census results
• Farm incomes, subsidies and borrowing statistics

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