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Table 4.4: Model-based estimates of unemployment, Scotland and Residence Local Authority Areas, 2005-2006

Unemployment

Total
16+

Sampling
Variability 1
(+/-)

Rate 2
(%)

Sampling
Variability 1
(%) (+/-)

Scotland

134,300

5.2

Aberdeen City

4,500

1,100

4.0

0.9

Aberdeenshire

3,800

900

3.1

0.8

Angus

2,800

600

5.1

1.0

Argyll & Bute

1,900

400

4.2

0.9

Clackmannanshire

1,200

300

5.6

1.5

Dumfries & Galloway

3,300

700

4.6

1.0

Dundee City

4,600

900

7.0

1.3

East Ayrshire

3,700

700

6.6

1.3

East Dunbartonshire

2,100

500

3.6

0.8

East Lothian

1,700

400

3.6

0.9

East Renfrewshire

1,600

400

3.4

0.8

Edinburgh, City of

11,400

2,500

4.7

1.0

Eilean Siar

700

200

5.1

1.5

Falkirk

4,400

900

5.8

1.2

Fife

10,700

2,200

5.8

1.2

Glasgow City

20,400

3,900

7.7

1.4

Highland

4,200

1,000

3.9

0.9

Inverclyde

2,700

600

6.8

1.4

Midlothian

2,100

500

4.8

1.2

Moray

1,900

400

4.4

0.9

North Ayrshire

5,100

900

8.0

1.4

North Lanarkshire

9,700

1,900

6.2

1.2

Orkney Islands

300

100

3.1

1.0

Perth & Kinross

2,600

600

3.9

0.9

Renfrewshire

4,000

900

4.7

1.0

Scottish Borders

2,100

500

3.8

0.9

Shetland Islands

500

100

3.9

1.2

South Ayrshire

3,100

600

5.9

1.2

South Lanarkshire

7,200

1,600

4.7

1.0

Stirling

1,900

500

4.3

1.1

West Dunbartonshire

3,400

600

7.3

1.3

West Lothian

4,400

1,000

4.8

1.1

Source: Model-based estimates of unemployment (October 2005 to September 2006), Office for National Statistics
Figures may not sum due to rounding.
1 95% Confidence level.
2 Total unemployed aged 16 and above as a percentage of all economically active persons aged 16 and above.

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