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4: RESIDENT WORKFORCE : WORKING AGE GROUPS
EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND
| EDINBURGH |
sources / notes |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Population in working age groups |
(*1) |
289,000 |
284,000 |
288,000 |
298,000 |
293,000 |
293,600 |
294,800 |
295,700 |
|
| .. males |
|
148,000 |
146,000 |
150,000 |
152,000 |
148,000 |
148,700 |
149,300 |
149,700 |
|
| .. females |
|
141,000 |
138,000 |
138,000 |
146,000 |
144,000 |
144,900 |
145,500 |
145,900 |
|
| Econ. activity rate of wkg. age pop. |
(*2) |
78.20% |
80.10% |
80.40% |
80.80% |
79.40% |
79.70% |
81.00% |
81.20% |
|
| .. males |
|
82.60% |
83.50% |
83.70% |
83.40% |
82.80% |
83.30% |
83.40% |
84.40% |
|
| .. females |
|
73.70% |
76.50% |
76.90% |
78.10% |
75.80% |
75.90% |
78.40% |
77.90% |
|
| Econ. active pop. in wkg. age groups |
(*3) |
226,000 |
228,000 |
231,000 |
241,000 |
232,000 |
233,900 |
238,600 |
240,000 |
|
| .. males |
|
123,000 |
122,000 |
126,000 |
127,000 |
123,000 |
123,900 |
124,500 |
126,300 |
|
| .. females |
|
104,000 |
105,000 |
106,000 |
114,000 |
110,000 |
109,900 |
114,100 |
113,700 |
|
| Econ. inactive pop. in wkg. age groups |
(*4) |
63,000 |
56,000 |
56,000 |
57,000 |
60,000 |
59,700 |
56,000 |
55,600 |
|
| .. males |
|
26,000 |
24,000 |
25,000 |
25,000 |
25,000 |
24,800 |
25,000 |
23,400 |
|
| .. females |
|
37,000 |
32,000 |
32,000 |
32,000 |
35,000 |
35,000 |
31,000 |
32,200 |
|
| % of wkg. age pop. in employment |
(*5) |
74.20% |
75.90% |
77.30% |
77.30% |
74.80% |
75.50% |
77.10% |
77.00% |
|
| .. males |
|
76.50% |
79.60% |
80.30% |
79.30% |
77.50% |
78.80% |
79.20% |
79.90% |
|
| .. females |
|
71.80% |
72.00% |
74.10% |
75.10% |
72.10% |
72.20% |
74.90% |
74.10% |
|
| Working age pop. in employment |
(*6) |
215,000 |
216,000 |
223,000 |
230,000 |
219,000 |
221,800 |
227,000 |
227,800 |
|
| .. males |
|
114,000 |
117,000 |
121,000 |
121,000 |
115,000 |
117,200 |
118,000 |
119,700 |
|
| .. females |
|
101,000 |
99,000 |
102,000 |
110,000 |
104,000 |
104,600 |
109,000 |
108,100 |
|
| % of working age pop. unemployed |
(*7) |
4.20% |
4.20% |
3.10% |
3.40% |
4.40% |
4.10% |
4.80% |
5.10% |
|
| .. males |
|
6.10% |
4.10% |
4.00% |
3.90% |
5.40% |
4.50% |
5.10% |
5.20% |
|
| .. females |
|
2.10% |
4.30% |
2.20% |
2.70% |
3.50% |
3.70% |
4.40% |
5.00% |
|
| Working age pop. unemployed |
(*8) |
12,000 |
12,000 |
9,000 |
10,000 |
13,000 |
12,100 |
11,400 |
12,200 |
|
| .. males |
|
9,000 |
6,000 |
6,000 |
6,000 |
8,000 |
6,700 |
6,300 |
6,600 |
|
| .. females |
|
3,000 |
6,000 |
3,000 |
4,000 |
5,000 |
5,300 |
5,100 |
5,700 |
|
| Working age pop. not in work |
(*9) |
75,000 |
68,000 |
65,000 |
67,000 |
73,000 |
71,800 |
67,400 |
67,800 |
|
| .. males |
|
35,000 |
30,000 |
31,000 |
31,000 |
33,000 |
31,500 |
31,300 |
30,000 |
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| LOTHIAN |
sources / notes |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Population in working age groups |
(*1) |
488,000 |
491,000 |
491,000 |
497,000 |
505,000 |
507,500 |
510,500 |
512,800 |
|
| .. males |
|
251,000 |
255,000 |
251,000 |
250,000 |
257,000 |
257,900 |
259,300 |
260,700 |
|
| .. females |
|
236,000 |
236,000 |
240,000 |
247,000 |
249,000 |
249,700 |
251,100 |
252,100 |
|
| Econ. activity rate of wkg. age pop. |
(*2) |
79.80% |
80.60% |
81.40% |
81.30% |
79.50% |
80.70% |
81.00% |
82.20% |
|
| .. males |
|
84.40% |
84.80% |
84.90% |
84.20% |
82.50% |
84.30% |
83.50% |
85.40% |
|
| .. females |
|
74.90% |
76.20% |
77.80% |
78.40% |
76.40% |
77.00% |
78.40% |
78.90% |
|
| Econ. active pop. in wkg. age groups |
(*3) |
389,000 |
396,000 |
400,000 |
404,000 |
402,000 |
409,400 |
413,600 |
421,600 |
|
| .. males |
|
212,000 |
216,000 |
213,000 |
211,000 |
212,000 |
217,300 |
216,600 |
222,600 |
|
| .. females |
|
177,000 |
180,000 |
187,000 |
194,000 |
190,000 |
192,100 |
197,000 |
198,900 |
|
| Econ. inactive pop. in wkg. age groups |
(*4) |
98,000 |
95,000 |
91,000 |
93,000 |
104,000 |
98,100 |
96,800 |
91,300 |
|
| .. males |
|
39,000 |
39,000 |
38,000 |
40,000 |
45,000 |
40,600 |
42,700 |
38,000 |
|
| .. females |
|
59,000 |
56,000 |
53,000 |
53,000 |
59,000 |
57,500 |
54,100 |
53,200 |
|
| % of wkg. age pop. in employment |
(*5) |
75.80% |
76.60% |
78.10% |
77.60% |
75.30% |
76.80% |
77.20% |
78.10% |
|
| .. males |
|
79.30% |
80.40% |
80.70% |
80.00% |
77.70% |
80.20% |
79.10% |
80.90% |
|
| .. females |
|
72.30% |
72.50% |
75.30% |
75.20% |
72.80% |
73.40% |
75.30% |
75.20% |
|
| Working age pop. in employment |
(*6) |
370,000 |
376,000 |
384,000 |
386,000 |
381,000 |
389,900 |
394,200 |
400,700 |
|
| .. males |
|
199,000 |
205,000 |
203,000 |
200,000 |
200,000 |
206,700 |
205,200 |
211,000 |
|
| .. females |
|
171,000 |
171,000 |
181,000 |
185,000 |
181,000 |
183,200 |
189,000 |
189,700 |
|
| % of working age pop. unemployed |
(*7) |
4.10% |
4.10% |
3.30% |
3.80% |
4.20% |
3.80% |
4.70% |
5.00% |
|
| .. males |
|
5.60% |
4.30% |
4.00% |
4.40% |
4.70% |
4.10% |
5.30% |
5.20% |
|
| .. females |
|
2.50% |
3.80% |
2.50% |
3.20% |
3.60% |
3.60% |
4.00% |
4.60% |
|
| Working age pop. unemployed |
(*8) |
20,000 |
20,000 |
16,000 |
19,000 |
21,000 |
19,500 |
19,400 |
20,900 |
|
| .. males |
|
14,000 |
11,000 |
10,000 |
11,000 |
12,000 |
10,600 |
11,500 |
11,700 |
|
| .. females |
|
6,000 |
9,000 |
6,000 |
8,000 |
9,000 |
8,900 |
7,900 |
9,200 |
|
| Working age pop. not in work |
(*9) |
118,000 |
115,000 |
107,000 |
112,000 |
125,000 |
117,600 |
116,200 |
112,200 |
|
| .. males |
|
53,000 |
50,000 |
48,000 |
51,000 |
57,000 |
51,200 |
54,200 |
49,700 |
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| SCOTLAND |
sources / notes |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Population in working age groups |
(*1) |
3,118,000 |
3,119,000 |
3,127,000 |
3,127,000 |
3,126,000 |
3,125,700 |
3,122,700 |
3,122,400 |
|
| .. males |
|
1,591,000 |
1,590,000 |
1,593,000 |
1,594,000 |
1,594,000 |
1,594,100 |
1,592,600 |
1,593,300 |
|
| .. females |
|
1,527,000 |
1,529,000 |
1,534,000 |
1,533,000 |
1,532,000 |
1,531,700 |
1,530,100 |
1,529,100 |
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| Econ. activity rate of wkg. age pop. |
(*2) |
76.80% |
78.00% |
78.30% |
78.70% |
78.00% |
79.00% |
79.20% |
80.00% |
|
| .. males |
|
81.00% |
82.50% |
82.80% |
82.20% |
82.10% |
82.90% |
82.80% |
83.50% |
|
| .. females |
|
72.40% |
73.30% |
73.60% |
75.00% |
73.80% |
74.90% |
75.50% |
76.30% |
|
| Econ. active pop. in wkg. age groups |
(*3) |
2,394,000 |
2,432,000 |
2,449,000 |
2,460,000 |
2,438,000 |
2,469,300 |
2,473,300 |
2,497,600 |
|
| .. males |
|
1,290,000 |
1,312,000 |
1,319,000 |
1,311,000 |
1,308,000 |
1,322,100 |
1,318,700 |
1,330,600 |
|
| .. females |
|
1,105,000 |
1,121,000 |
1,130,000 |
1,149,000 |
1,130,000 |
1,147,200 |
1,154,600 |
1,167,000 |
|
| Econ. inactive pop. in wkg. age groups |
(*4) |
724,000 |
687,000 |
678,000 |
668,000 |
688,000 |
656,400 |
649,000 |
624,900 |
|
| .. males |
|
302,000 |
279,000 |
274,000 |
284,000 |
286,000 |
272,000 |
274,000 |
262,800 |
|
| .. females |
|
422,000 |
409,000 |
404,000 |
384,000 |
402,000 |
384,400 |
375,000 |
362,100 |
|
| % of wkg. age pop. in employment |
(*5) |
71.20% |
73.00% |
73.00% |
73.50% |
73.40% |
74.70% |
74.90% |
75.70% |
|
| .. males |
|
74.40% |
76.40% |
76.20% |
76.10% |
76.40% |
77.80% |
77.60% |
78.30% |
|
| .. females |
|
67.80% |
69.40% |
69.60% |
70.80% |
70.30% |
71.50% |
72.10% |
73.10% |
|
| Working age pop. in employment |
(*6) |
2,220,000 |
2,276,000 |
2,283,000 |
2,299,000 |
2,295,000 |
2,334,800 |
2,339,000 |
2,365,000 |
|
| .. males |
|
1,184,000 |
1,216,000 |
1,214,000 |
1,213,000 |
1,218,000 |
1,240,300 |
1,235,000 |
1,247,200 |
|
| .. females |
|
1,036,000 |
1,061,000 |
1,068,000 |
1,086,000 |
1,077,000 |
1,094,400 |
1,104,000 |
1,117,700 |
|
| % of working age pop. unemployed |
(*7) |
5.60% |
5.00% |
5.30% |
5.10% |
4.60% |
4.30% |
5.40% |
5.30% |
|
| .. males |
|
6.60% |
6.00% |
6.60% |
6.10% |
5.70% |
5.10% |
6.30% |
6.30% |
|
| .. females |
|
4.50% |
3.90% |
4.00% |
4.20% |
3.50% |
3.40% |
4.40% |
4.20% |
|
| Working age pop. unemployed |
(*8) |
174,000 |
156,000 |
166,000 |
161,000 |
143,000 |
134,600 |
134,300 |
132,600 |
|
| .. males |
|
105,000 |
96,000 |
105,000 |
98,000 |
91,000 |
81,700 |
83,400 |
83,300 |
|
| .. females |
|
69,000 |
60,000 |
61,000 |
64,000 |
53,000 |
52,800 |
50,800 |
49,300 |
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| Working age pop. not in work |
(*9) |
898,000 |
843,000 |
844,000 |
829,000 |
831,000 |
791,000 |
783,300 |
757,500 |
|
| .. males |
|
407,000 |
375,000 |
379,000 |
382,000 |
377,000 |
353,700 |
357,400 |
346,100 |
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