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Table C7 Main agricultural holdings which are owned/mainly owned(1) and area on these holdings by region and by size of holding, June 1997

<2

2-<5

5-<10

10-<50

50-<100

100-<200

200 +

Total

ha(2)

ha

ha

ha

ha

ha

ha

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

holdings

North West:

259

415

438

1,621

641

420

544

4,338

Shetland

18

36

73

198

62

43

32

462

Orkney

50

104

82

599

228

119

49

1,231

Eileanan an Iar

30

23

23

22

10

6

18

132

Highland

161

252

260

802

341

252

445

2,513

North East:

NE Scotland

428

723

501

1,669

1,031

659

326

5,337

South East:

358

655

422

1,166

817

903

866

5,187

Tayside

146

255

165

506

365

358

310

2,105

Fife

97

111

58

159

165

204

85

879

Lothian

59

167

92

210

130

143

124

925

Scottish Borders

56

122

107

291

157

198

347

1,278

South West:

362

681

564

2,111

1,788

1,409

896

7,811

East Central

39

83

68

256

188

141

100

875

Argyll & Bute

48

62

61

189

152

129

219

860

Clyde Valley

89

198

167

608

496

297

141

1,996

Ayrshire

80

176

121

488

478

302

147

1,792

Dumfries &
Galloway

106

162

147

570

474

540

289

2,288

Scotland

1,407

2,474

1,925

6,567

4,277

3,391

2,632

22,673

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

North West:

307

1,409

3,180

41,838

45,286

58,409

1,053,857

1,204,286

Shetland

19

133

542

4,931

4,425

6,118

17,183

33,351

Orkney

60

351

584

16,077

15,981

16,273

21,884

71,209

Eileanan an Iar

34

76

179

428

713

979

29,794

32,203

Highland

195

849

1,875

20,402

24,167

35,039

984,997

1,067,523

North East:

NE Scotland

531

2,322

3,632

45,226

73,638

90,935

226,680

442,965

South East:

431

2,149

3,014

30,631

59,872

128,660

503,038

727,794

Tayside

177

819

1,203

14,104

26,752

50,138

268,940

362,133

Fife

119

348

398

4,025

12,287

28,638

26,913

72,728

Lothian

66

562

657

5,346

9,502

20,664

51,276

88,073

Scottish Borders

70

420

756

7,156

11,330

29,219

155,908

204,859

South West:

422

2,223

4,034

59,956

129,504

192,243

579,778

968,161

Central

47

263

494

6,748

13,523

19,235

72,409

112,719

Argyll & Bute

56

196

436

4,928

11,100

17,648

261,134

295,498

Clyde Valley

107

632

1,179

17,879

35,653

39,694

60,653

155,797

Ayrshire

100

595

847

14,338

34,155

40,941

58,912

149,887

Dumfries &
Galloway

112

538

1,078

16,064

35,073

74,725

126,670

254,260

Scotland

1,692

8,103

13,860

177,651

308,300

470,247

2,363,353

3,343,206

(1) Holdings with half or more of the area owned by the occupier.

(2) Does not include 40 holdings with zero area mentioned in footnote to Table C6.