To ask the Scottish Government how many people were unemployed and what the unemployment rate was in each local authority area between (a) October 2010 and September 2011, (b) January and December 2011, (c) April 2011 and March 2012, (d) July 2011 and June 2012 and (e) October 2011 and September 2012, also broken down by gender.
The preferred measure of unemployment at a local authority level is the modelled based unemployment estimates produced by the Office for National Statistics. However, these estimates do not provide a breakdown by gender. Therefore the estimates from the Annual Population Survey (APS) are provided. The latest APS data covers the period October 2011 to September 2012.
Caution is advised when using the estimates provided in the following tables. The APS is a sample survey and some of the underlying samples are small therefore the confidence intervals for many of these estimates are relatively wide. Therefore care should be taken when making comparisons between areas and over time.
Male unemployment (16+) by Scottish local authority, Oct 10-Sep 11 toOct 11-Sep 12
|
Oct10-Sep11
|
Jan11-Dec11
|
Apr11-Mar12
|
Jul11-Jun12
|
Oct11-Sep12
|
|
level
|
rate
|
level
|
rate
|
level
|
rate
|
level
|
rate
|
level
|
rate
|
Aberdeen City
|
5,300
|
7.9%
|
5,100
|
7.6%
|
5,100
|
7.4%
|
4,400
|
6.3%
|
4,600
|
6.6%
|
Aberdeenshire
|
2,900
|
3.9%
|
3,100
|
4.2%
|
3,000
|
4.0%
|
3,300
|
4.4%
|
3,600
|
4.8%
|
Angus
|
2,900
|
10.1%
|
2,600
|
9.1%
|
2,200
|
7.5%
|
1,900
|
6.6%
|
2,200
|
7.8%
|
Argyll and Bute
|
1,800
|
8.0%
|
1,900
|
8.4%
|
1,900
|
8.2%
|
1,900
|
8.2%
|
2,100
|
9.1%
|
Clackmannanshire
|
1,500
|
11.1%
|
1,700
|
12.5%
|
1,700
|
13.0%
|
2,000
|
15.8%
|
2,000
|
15.6%
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
4,200
|
11.4%
|
4,100
|
11.0%
|
4,000
|
11.0%
|
4,200
|
11.4%
|
4,000
|
11.0%
|
Dundee City
|
3,700
|
9.9%
|
3,400
|
9.3%
|
3,200
|
9.0%
|
3,800
|
10.6%
|
3,300
|
9.7%
|
East Ayrshire
|
4,100
|
13.3%
|
4,000
|
12.7%
|
3,900
|
12.3%
|
4,100
|
13.1%
|
4,300
|
13.6%
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
2,000
|
7.5%
|
1,900
|
6.9%
|
2,200
|
8.0%
|
2,300
|
8.3%
|
2,000
|
7.7%
|
East Lothian
|
2,200
|
9.0%
|
2,300
|
9.1%
|
1,900
|
7.5%
|
1,500
|
6.0%
|
1,700
|
6.9%
|
East Renfrewshire
|
1,100
|
4.7%
|
1,300
|
5.3%
|
1,400
|
6.3%
|
1,300
|
5.7%
|
1,600
|
7.0%
|
Edinburgh, City of
|
8,800
|
6.3%
|
9,900
|
7.2%
|
8,400
|
6.1%
|
8,300
|
6.0%
|
6,800
|
4.9%
|
Eilean Siar
|
*
|
4.5%
|
*
|
7.5%
|
*
|
7.3%
|
600
|
10.1%
|
500
|
8.2%
|
Falkirk
|
3,600
|
8.9%
|
3,200
|
7.8%
|
3,200
|
7.9%
|
4,100
|
10.2%
|
3,700
|
9.1%
|
Fife
|
12,000
|
12.3%
|
9,700
|
10.0%
|
10,400
|
10.7%
|
10,000
|
10.0%
|
9,700
|
9.9%
|
Glasgow City
|
20,000
|
12.5%
|
18,100
|
11.1%
|
16,800
|
10.4%
|
16,400
|
10.5%
|
19,300
|
12.4%
|
Highland
|
3,000
|
4.7%
|
2,600
|
4.0%
|
1,700
|
2.6%
|
1,700
|
2.6%
|
2,600
|
4.2%
|
Inverclyde
|
2,600
|
12.6%
|
3,000
|
15.0%
|
3,100
|
15.8%
|
3,300
|
16.7%
|
3,200
|
16.2%
|
Midlothian
|
2,100
|
9.7%
|
2,000
|
9.1%
|
1,800
|
8.5%
|
1,800
|
8.3%
|
1,700
|
8.2%
|
Moray
|
900
|
3.6%
|
1,000
|
3.9%
|
1,000
|
3.9%
|
1,100
|
4.5%
|
1,000
|
4.2%
|
North Ayrshire
|
4,700
|
14.7%
|
5,000
|
15.6%
|
5,300
|
16.2%
|
5,200
|
16.1%
|
4,400
|
13.3%
|
North Lanarkshire
|
9,000
|
10.4%
|
10,300
|
11.9%
|
10,800
|
12.5%
|
12,100
|
13.9%
|
12,100
|
13.8%
|
Orkney Islands
|
*
|
6.9%
|
*
|
7.9%
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
3.9%
|
Perth and Kinross
|
2,000
|
4.9%
|
2,100
|
5.2%
|
2,600
|
6.3%
|
2,900
|
7.0%
|
3,100
|
7.4%
|
Renfrewshire
|
4,000
|
9.2%
|
3,700
|
8.3%
|
3,100
|
6.9%
|
3,500
|
7.8%
|
3,900
|
8.3%
|
Scottish Borders
|
1,800
|
6.4%
|
1,800
|
6.2%
|
1,600
|
5.7%
|
1,900
|
6.4%
|
1,600
|
5.6%
|
Shetland Islands
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
South Ayrshire
|
3,100
|
11.5%
|
3,200
|
12.0%
|
3,200
|
12.0%
|
3,400
|
12.0%
|
3,300
|
11.3%
|
South Lanarkshire
|
7,800
|
9.7%
|
7,200
|
8.9%
|
7,300
|
9.0%
|
7,100
|
8.6%
|
5,900
|
7.2%
|
Stirling
|
1,500
|
6.7%
|
1,500
|
6.3%
|
2,100
|
9.0%
|
2,200
|
9.1%
|
2,400
|
10.0%
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
3,200
|
13.5%
|
2,900
|
12.3%
|
2,600
|
11.1%
|
2,800
|
12.1%
|
2,700
|
11.9%
|
West Lothian
|
3,300
|
6.8%
|
3,700
|
7.7%
|
2,600
|
5.5%
|
1,900
|
3.9%
|
2,100
|
4.4%
|
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
Notes:
1. Levels rounded to nearest hundred, rates based on unrounded figures.
2. Unemployment is as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
3. * Indicates data unreliable as sample sizes are too small. All estimates should be treated with caution because of relatively wide confidence intervals.
Female unemployment (16+) by Scottish local authority, Oct'10-Sep'11 to Oct'11-Sep'12
|
Oct'10-Sep'11
|
Jan'11-Dec'11
|
Apr'11-Mar'12
|
Jul'11-Jun'12
|
Oct'11-Sep'12
|
|
level
|
rate
|
level
|
rate
|
level
|
rate
|
level
|
rate
|
level
|
rate
|
Aberdeen City
|
2,900
|
5.0%
|
3,700
|
6.4%
|
3,400
|
5.7%
|
3,400
|
5.7%
|
3,700
|
6.2%
|
Aberdeenshire
|
2,900
|
4.6%
|
2,500
|
4.0%
|
2,300
|
3.8%
|
2,000
|
3.2%
|
1,200
|
1.9%
|
Angus
|
1,400
|
5.5%
|
1,400
|
5.6%
|
1,000
|
4.1%
|
1,300
|
4.8%
|
1,200
|
4.4%
|
Argyll and Bute
|
800
|
4.2%
|
1,000
|
5.4%
|
1,000
|
5.1%
|
900
|
4.6%
|
900
|
4.8%
|
Clackmannanshire
|
700
|
6.2%
|
800
|
7.4%
|
1,000
|
9.2%
|
700
|
6.1%
|
500
|
4.8%
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
1,900
|
5.8%
|
2,500
|
7.7%
|
2,700
|
8.1%
|
2,400
|
7.0%
|
2,500
|
7.3%
|
Dundee City
|
2,700
|
7.5%
|
2,900
|
8.4%
|
3,300
|
9.3%
|
2,900
|
8.2%
|
3,000
|
8.6%
|
East Ayrshire
|
2,000
|
7.2%
|
2,100
|
7.8%
|
2,700
|
10.1%
|
2,200
|
8.2%
|
2,200
|
8.1%
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
1,300
|
5.4%
|
1,100
|
4.3%
|
1,100
|
4.6%
|
1,200
|
4.9%
|
1,100
|
4.5%
|
East Lothian
|
1,300
|
5.2%
|
1,400
|
5.7%
|
1,400
|
5.6%
|
1,700
|
6.8%
|
1,500
|
6.4%
|
East Renfrewshire
|
1,100
|
5.1%
|
1,200
|
5.8%
|
1,300
|
6.1%
|
1,200
|
5.6%
|
1,100
|
5.1%
|
Edinburgh, City of
|
7,800
|
5.9%
|
7,700
|
5.9%
|
7,300
|
5.7%
|
7,800
|
6.0%
|
6,300
|
5.0%
|
Eilean Siar
|
*
|
6.3%
|
500
|
9.0%
|
600
|
8.4%
|
700
|
10.4%
|
*
|
5.4%
|
Falkirk
|
2,700
|
7.1%
|
3,100
|
8.3%
|
3,300
|
8.7%
|
3,000
|
8.0%
|
3,100
|
8.1%
|
Fife
|
5,500
|
6.2%
|
5,700
|
6.6%
|
5,400
|
6.1%
|
6,300
|
7.2%
|
8,300
|
9.3%
|
Glasgow City
|
15,600
|
11.2%
|
17,000
|
12.3%
|
18,200
|
13.1%
|
17,000
|
12.2%
|
15,700
|
11.2%
|
Highland
|
1,800
|
3.3%
|
2,300
|
4.3%
|
2,600
|
4.6%
|
1,800
|
3.2%
|
2,100
|
3.9%
|
Inverclyde
|
1,800
|
9.4%
|
2,100
|
10.4%
|
2,400
|
12.2%
|
2,700
|
13.5%
|
2,200
|
11.1%
|
Midlothian
|
1,200
|
6.0%
|
1,000
|
4.6%
|
900
|
4.4%
|
800
|
3.7%
|
800
|
3.6%
|
Moray
|
800
|
4.1%
|
800
|
4.1%
|
800
|
3.9%
|
800
|
3.8%
|
600
|
3.1%
|
North Ayrshire
|
3,300
|
11.0%
|
3,300
|
11.3%
|
3,600
|
12.0%
|
3,300
|
11.3%
|
3,300
|
11.3%
|
North Lanarkshire
|
7,900
|
10.2%
|
7,300
|
9.4%
|
7,000
|
8.9%
|
7,900
|
9.9%
|
8,600
|
10.8%
|
Orkney Islands
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
2.9%
|
*
|
3.1%
|
*
|
4.6%
|
*
|
5.0%
|
Perth and Kinross
|
2,200
|
6.3%
|
2,300
|
6.6%
|
2,400
|
6.7%
|
3,200
|
8.7%
|
2,800
|
7.7%
|
Renfrewshire
|
3,700
|
9.5%
|
4,500
|
11.3%
|
4,300
|
10.8%
|
4,000
|
9.7%
|
3,400
|
8.2%
|
Scottish Borders
|
1,400
|
5.2%
|
1,200
|
4.6%
|
1,600
|
6.0%
|
1,300
|
5.0%
|
1,400
|
5.4%
|
Shetland Islands
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
South Ayrshire
|
2,200
|
8.8%
|
2,500
|
9.7%
|
1,900
|
7.5%
|
2,000
|
7.5%
|
2,300
|
8.9%
|
South Lanarkshire
|
2,100
|
2.7%
|
4,000
|
5.1%
|
4,600
|
5.8%
|
4,300
|
5.4%
|
4,400
|
5.4%
|
Stirling
|
1,300
|
6.3%
|
1,100
|
5.3%
|
800
|
4.0%
|
600
|
3.1%
|
900
|
4.5%
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
2,100
|
9.4%
|
2,100
|
9.4%
|
1,900
|
8.7%
|
2,200
|
10.1%
|
2,300
|
10.7%
|
West Lothian
|
3,200
|
7.5%
|
3,200
|
7.7%
|
2,800
|
6.9%
|
2,400
|
5.8%
|
2,300
|
5.5%
|
Source: Annual Population Survey, Office for National Statistics
Notes:
1. Levels rounded to nearest hundred, rates based on unrounded figures.
2. Unemployment is as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
3. * Indicates data unreliable as sample sizes are too small. All estimates should be treated with caution because of relatively wide confidence intervals.